basketballese

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basketballese

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From basketball + -ese.

noun

  1. uncountable The jargon associated with the sport of basketball. During the long, dreary, wet winter I amused myself by watching college and Pro basketball on the idiot box. Will one of you basketball-savvy gardeners please tell me what RPI stands for in basketballese?

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"basketballese." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/basketballese. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{basketballese_2026,
  title = {basketballese},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/basketballese},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}