{"id":296107,"date":"2023-11-01T01:25:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T01:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=296107"},"modified":"2023-11-01T01:25:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T01:25:03","slug":"bazball-listed-in-new-edition-of-collins-english-dictionary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/%d1%81ricket\/bazball-listed-in-new-edition-of-collins-english-dictionary\/","title":{"rendered":"Bazball listed in new edition of Collins English Dictionary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Bazball is now official! Term used to describe England&#8217;s aggressive style of play under coach Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes is listed in new edition of Collins English Dictionary<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bazball\u00a0set to be included in the next edition of the Collins English Dictionary<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Term\u00a0describes England\u2019s style of play under Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Coach McCullum is not a fan of the phrase and described it as &#8216;silly&#8217; last summer<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bazball\u00a0has officially entered the dictionary after being named as one of Collins\u2019 10 words of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Listed as a noun, it has been given the dictionary definition of \u2018a style of Test cricket in which the batting side attempts to gain the initiative by playing in a highly aggressive manner\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Its origin is noted as \u2018C21: after Brendon McCullum, known as Baz (born 1981), New Zealand cricketer and coach\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The word has now been added to collinsdictionary.com and is set to be included in the next edition of the Collins English Dictionary, the largest single-volume English dictionary in print.<\/p>\n<p>Publishers HarperCollins stated that \u2018the excitement of this summer&#8217;s Ashes series had many people talking about Bazball\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/21\/77242071-0-image-a-49_1698786038473.jpg\" height=\"410\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bazball was coined as a term to describe England\u2019s style of play under new coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes<\/p>\n<p>Explaining the process of adding new words to their dictionary, they said: \u2018The lexicographers at Collins Dictionary monitor the 20-billion-word Collins Corpus which draws from a range of media sources, including social media, to create the annual list of new and notable words that reflect our ever-evolving language and the preoccupations of those who use it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Bazball, which also has its own Wikipedia page and is the name of a new book co-written by Mail Sport\u2019s Lawrence Booth, was first coined as a term last year to describe England\u2019s style of play under new coach McCullum and captain Ben Stokes.<\/p>\n<p>However, McCullum said last summer: \u2018I don&#8217;t have any idea what \u201cBazball\u201d is. I don&#8217;t really like that silly term that people are throwing out there.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Collins\u2019 other words of 2023 are AI, canon event, debanking, deinfluencing, greedflation, nepo baby, semaglutide, ultraprocessed and Ulez.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/article-12695063\/Bazball-official-Term-used-Englands-aggressive-style-play-coach-Brendon-McCullum-Ben-Stokes-listed-new-edition-Collins-English-Dictionary.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bazball is now official! 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