SportsSeptember 4, 2026

slurvy

SLUR-vee

Definition

Describing a type of baseball pitch that combines the characteristics of both a slider and a curveball.

Etymology

This is a 20th-century American English portmanteau, created by blending the words 'slider' and 'curveball' to describe a breaking ball that possesses the movement characteristics of both.

In the news

The article uses the term to describe how Jack Cebert's pitch repertoire was reorganized from a hybrid, 'slurvy' pitch into two distinct, more effective offerings.

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