yogiismとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

Yogiism (plural Yogiisms)

1. A malapropism of the kind characteristic of "Yogi" Berra (1925–2015), American baseball player and manager.
   • 1990, Bill James, The Baseball Book 1990:

     If anything means nothing in baseball (pardon the Yogiism), it's momentum...

   • 1998, Eric Chaisson, The Hubble wars:

     A leading member of the wide-field camera team captured most of our feelings with a Yogiism: "I've never seen anyone muddy the waters so clearly."

同意語

• (UK) Colemanballs