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Colemanballs

noun

Etymology

From Coleman + balls (“nonsense”), from the football commentator David Coleman. Originally the title of a column in Private Eye magazine collecting mistakes in sports commentary.

Definitions

  1. A malapropism, mixed metaphor or other humorous misspeaking, especially in sports…

    A malapropism, mixed metaphor or other humorous misspeaking, especially in sports commentary.

    • On a point of order, Miss Fookes. Is it in order for my hon. Friend to use a Colemanballs in this Committee?
    • British TV viewers may think themselves lucky that all they got for commentary on the last Olympics was the usual load of Colemanballs
    • It is footballers though, rather than commentators, presenters or pundits, who when interviewed have provided some of the best Colemanballs.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Colemanballs. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA