Yogiism

Yogiism

English

Etymology

Yogi +‎ -ism

Noun

Yogiism (plural Yogiisms)

1. A malapropism of the kind characteristic of "Yogi" Berra (born 1925), American baseball player and manager.
   • 1990, Bill James, The Baseball Book 1990

     If anything means nothing in baseball (pardon the Yogiism), it's momentum...

   • 1998, Eric Chaisson, The Hubble wars

     A leading member of the wide-field camera team captured most of our feelings with a Yogiism: "I've never seen anyone muddy the waters so clearly."

Synonyms

• (Britain) Colemanballs