Are You "Balling" Right Now?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Twice in the last couple of weeks, posters have written “balling” instead of “bawling,” turning two horrific, tragic threads into unintentional blue comedy. I don’t want to name names, but “the look on his face made me want to ball my eyes out” and “I’m balling at work right now” come to mind.

Folks, folks. I don’t know if these were unintentional typos or if you really don’t know the difference between your bawls and your balls . . . But please, stop making me laugh my head off while reading about other peoples’ tragedies!

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I saw that too, and felt bad for giggling. Thanks, Eve.

Reminds me of when I was fifteen and sitting in the yard with my boyfriend, who was telling me about a tragedy his family suffered. When I returned to the house, my dad asked me what we were doing, and I replied, “Bawling.” Guess the Midwestern accent supresses the “w” sound in that word, because I’ve never seen my dad’s eyes bug out so far.

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I’m still wiping tears from my eyes here after reading zut’s post.

I might not laugh at anything for quite a while.

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Yes, I am practically balling with laughter right now.

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Actually, I’m bowling my balls off at the moment.

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The journalist in me noticed it, but there was no way I could say anything. I didn’t even find it at all amusing.

In other threads I have though.

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But according to the Reverend Little Richard, that is short for “to ballroom dance.”

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same here… despite what may be the case with others… a simple typo in relation to such a painful event could never make me laugh

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Well, I didn’t say anything in that thread, and did not even mention any names here.

It really did raise my eyebrows—but of course we all know, you are much better people than I will ever hope to be.

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Do people even say “balling” anymore? I haven’t heard that terminology since the early '70s. I bet kids today would have to look it up.

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Ha! Thanks to you, Eve, I’m doing nothing even remotely akin to bawling right now.
Ball my eyes out. Bwhaa! I’ll keep an eye out for you alright.

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I thought that “balling” was to play basketball very well.

Hence, Jason Kidd could be called a “mad baller with skilz.” :slight_smile:

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To ball is also slang for going very, very fast esp. while driving. Ex:

I had to be doing every bit of eighty when that car balled past me.

…at least I think it is.

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I cry at the thought of a melon baller.

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I’m right there with you Eve. It was a funny feeling, something so amusing and not even wanting to laugh.

I actually am balling right now though, because I am a baller. And while I am fully conversant with the outdated slang version of that word, some of you non-kids may not be familiar with the current usage your own selves. :wink:

Damn you, soup_du_jour. Stupid work getting in the way of timely posting.

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“Balling” is also slang for playing basketball. So maybe they didn’t mean crying or humping… maybe they meant they were on a fast break looking for an open man or something.

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I know men aren’t supposed to cry, but I’ve been balling for several months now.

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I should read the thread more closely, I guess. So now I nominate “Ball” as slang for “looking like a dork posting something that someone else already posted.”

Hence, “RickJay balled up pretty bad in that thread.”

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Eve wrote:

Living in Nevada where prostitution is legal (in places) and having 4 nookietoriums within 20 minutes of our house gives the phrase, “balling at work,” added meaning.

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OK, one of those was me. I noticed after I had hit submit. To be honest, I was not thinking too much of my gramamr at that moment. I also felt it would NOT be appropriate to correct it in such a thread. It does not trivialize my sypmpathies in the slightest.