词汇 | holy cow |
词源 | holy cow! A trademark phrase associated with former Yankee baseball star Phil Rizzuto, who often used it in his baseball commentaries during a ballgame. “Scooter” Rizzuto, who died at age 89 on August 15, 2007, always claimed that his high school baseball coach encouraged him to use Holy Cow! instead of any real profanity. Yankee manager Casey Stengel called one of the shortstop’s brilliant plays “the greatest play I ever saw.” On the other hand, Rizzuto himself for some reason called any fielder who made an error a “huckleberry.” |
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