sportsball

9.9

A casual word for any ball game used when someone is not interested

noun
/ˈspɔrtsˌbɔl/

Slang

: deporte

Whenever someone mentions the big game, I just say I'm not interested in sportsball.

Examples

I don't understand why people are so obsessed with sportsball.
My coworkers kept talking about sportsball events I don't follow.
She joked that her knowledge of sportsball ends with knowing the ball is usually round.
She rolled her eyes at the sportsball game on TV.
Whenever my friends discuss sportsball, I often just nod along, not knowing much about it.
He described sportsball as a mindless pastime that takes up too much of people's time.
I usually avoid conversations about sportsball because I find them boring and irrelevant.

Synonyms

ball game

vssportsball

58 1.0

A game played with a ball, like baseball or football

is informal and often used to dismiss those events generally

ballgame

vssportsball

23 2.0

A game played with a ball, like baseball or soccer

is informal and often dismissive when referring to such games generally

Surface Forms

sportsball singular

sportsballs plural

Morphology

sportsball = sport + ball (transparent) = sport + ball

A jocular compound clearly formed from 'sport(s)' + 'ball', with the linking -s not affecting the transparent composition.

Etymology

Sportsball is a joking mix of sport and ball, used by someone who does not follow those games. A helpful way to remember it is that saying 'ball' turns many different sports into one simple thing, which is why the word often sounds dismissive or uninterested.