adjective General Slang

Football bat

FOOT-bawl-BAT · adjective · slang

Bizarre; utterly out of the ordinary.

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Describes a person or a way of doing things that is strangely wrong, as nonsensical as a football-shaped bat.

“His plan was completely football bat and nobody understood it.”
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Football bat In A Sentence

His plan was completely football bat and nobody understood it.

Origin & Usage

U.S. military slang.

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What does 'football bat' mean?

It describes something or someone bizarre and nonsensical — as strangely wrong as the idea of a football-shaped bat.

How is 'football bat' used?

As an adjective for a person or plan that makes no sense, e.g. 'his plan was completely football bat and nobody understood it.'

Where does the phrase come from?

It's U.S. military slang; the humor is in mashing together two unrelated objects to capture something that just doesn't add up.

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