Nov 17, 2003 02:08
21 yrs ago
English term
Shortstop ethos
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"Okay, Okay. Take it easy. It's only been a couple of days since you met the guy," Kiki said, nervously eyeing my fourth scotch like now would be a good time to take it away. From my cold, dead hand, I thought.
Besides, that would have been against the whole Shortstop ethos-we were in the kind of dark, dank, smelly Eastside hole where doing your best Barfly imitation is strongly encouraged. And I'm doing just that.
Besides, that would have been against the whole Shortstop ethos-we were in the kind of dark, dank, smelly Eastside hole where doing your best Barfly imitation is strongly encouraged. And I'm doing just that.
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playing the field
Answering a question about an idiomatic phrase with another idiom... oh well. I'm not the baseball expert, but my thinking behing my answer is you're playing the field if you're playing shortstop.
I could be way off, but it's a thought... Any baseball fanatics out there?
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
shortstop
SYLLABICATION: short·stop
PRONUNCIATION: shôrtstp
NOUN: Baseball abbr. SS 1. The field position between second and third base. 2. The infielder who occupies this position.
I could be way off, but it's a thought... Any baseball fanatics out there?
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
shortstop
SYLLABICATION: short·stop
PRONUNCIATION: shôrtstp
NOUN: Baseball abbr. SS 1. The field position between second and third base. 2. The infielder who occupies this position.
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against the guiding beliefs of the Shortstop circle
Shortstop can be a name of a bar.
"Ethos" means the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution.
I think that "Shortstop ethos" in your context means the guiding beliefs of a number of people who are bound by similar interests and are used to meet in a bar called Shortstop.
"Ethos" means the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution.
I think that "Shortstop ethos" in your context means the guiding beliefs of a number of people who are bound by similar interests and are used to meet in a bar called Shortstop.
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