English Explanatory Dictionary

oppo taco

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A home run where the ball is hit to the opposite side of the baseball field to where one stands when swinging the bat.

Pronunciation

/ˌɑpoʊ ˈtɑkoʊ/

Word forms

oppo taco oppo tacos

Etymology

From a clipping of opposite. The second element taco seems to have arisen to maintain assonance in the expression; both elements have the vowel sequence /ɑ oʊ/ in American English dialects with the father-bother merger.

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