Toksyuryel (toksyuryel)'s status on Friday, 09-Mar-12 09:07:03 UTC
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@ceruleanspark These are probably americanisms, so that's a likely reason. Some of them I've never heard myself but at least half of them I hear constantly. We even have a political tv show called "Hardball" (Chris Matthews, decently entertaining guy who refuses to let anyone he interviews get two sentences out before he interrupts them). "left field", "ballpark", and "out of the park" are the most common day-to-day phrases that I hear.
