In the past couple of weeks, I have stumbled across a number of Web pages in which the word “ball” was used when author clearly meant to use the word “bawl”. The misuse is always the same:
I balled my eyes out.
Many people make this mistake. See for yourself.
“I balled my eyes out” is both incorrect and funny in a Beavis and Butthead sort of way. When “ball” is used as a verb, it means either “to form into a ball” or even better, it’s a vulgar slang term for “to have sex with”.
Of course, if you wrote that you “balled someone’s brains out,” you’re probably using “balled” correctly.
The correct way to write the phrase is:
I bawled my eyes out.
That’s because “bawl” means “to cry or sob loudly”.
Class dimissed.
Here’s “Lil’ Red,” a generator we bought from a friend of the family a few…
What happened? Here are some news accounts: NBC News: Trump's bizarre music session reignites questions…
Tap to view at full size. A day or two after Hurricane Milton tore its…
Tap to view at full size. A good chunk of today was devoted to cleaning…
The stillness and silence from earlier this morning in our Old Seminole Heights neighbourhood broke…
I was still tired after waking up at 5:45 and writing the previous post, so…