ball-breaker

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ball-breaker

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From ball + breaker.

noun ball-breakers · ballbreaker

  1. US, idiomatic, vulgar A person or task which is excessively demanding or punishing. My slave-driving boss expects me to work over the weekend. What a ball-breaker!

    Similar: ball-buster, taskmaster

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noun Something or someone annoying

Françaiscasse-couilles, brise-burnes, orchidoclaste, enquiquineur
Italianorompiballe, rompicoglioni
Ελληνικάσπασαρχίδης spasarchídis, σπασαρχίδω spasarchído

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"ball-breaker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ball-breaker. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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ball-breaker. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ball-breaker

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@misc{ball_breaker_2026,
  title = {ball-breaker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ball-breaker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}