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[Jonathan Lighter]

"Ribbies" has been in use for decades in NYC baseball reporting.

What the heck is "in the crease and jackin' the j's" ?

Not what it would suggest, one assumes....

JL

"Rex W. Stocklin" <stocklin at EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
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At 11:56 PM -0400 5/11/05, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:

>Well, I remember that onetime Pittsburgh Pirate Ralph Kiner, when he was a
>Mets commentator, always said things like, "He lids the lig in RBIs"

Here in Naptown, the jockcasters are given to saying ribbies
(ribbys?). Is this just a local phenom or more ecumenical?

Loving the sports slang

In the crease and jacking the j's,
Lexy Rexy
Fishers, IN


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