English Explanatory Dictionary

who's on first

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A situation in which confusion arises due to homophones and similar misunderstandings.

Word forms

who's on first who's on firsts who's-on-first

Etymology

From "Who's on First?", a comic routine from 1930s vaudeville made famous by Abbott and Costello, in which two people discussing a baseball team become confused by names such as "Who" and "What".

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