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The term Banker may also refer to the feral horses living there. Banana bender (Australia) A person from Queensland (one who puts the bend in bananas). [3] Boricua (Latin America, Hispanics in the USA) A person from Puerto Rico. [citation needed] Bluenose, Bluenoser (Canada) A person from Nova Scotia. In use since early 19th century.
The Sun Dodgers nickname was suggested by students and sportswriters in November 1919 before coming up for the vote. [46] [48] The name was derived from Sun Dodger, a campus humor magazine published by the students, and as a tongue-in-cheek allusion to the city of Seattle's rainy weather. [46] [48]
The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, a Dodgers minor league team, chose "Chaquetas" as an alternate name, then learned of the word's slang meaning.
A slang term for a baseball record that is disputed in popular opinion (i.e., unofficially) because of a perception that the record holder had an unfair advantage in attaining the record. It implies that the record requires a footnote explaining the purportedly unfair advantage, with the asterisk being a symbol commonly used in typography to ...
From our obsession with sweet tea to our no-rush mindset, there are some things about the South and Southern people that—bless their hearts—the rest of the country just can't understand. And ...
(Informal) a ditzy woman (derogatory term), from the Afrikaans word pop, meaning a doll. potjie A cast iron dutch oven. robot Besides the standard meaning, in South Africa this is also used for traffic lights. The etymology of the word derives from a description of early traffic lights as robot policemen, which then got truncated with time. [34 ...
Ralph Avila helped create the Dodgers' baseball academy in the Dominican Republic, a move that transformed major league baseball.
a Pakistani person; often loosely applied to anyone from South Asia, or of perceived South Asian origin. Now considered extremely offensive. Paki shop a newsagent or general corner shop run by a person of Pakistani or other South Asian origin. No longer considered an acceptable term; edited out of repeat showings of an episode of Only Fools and ...