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Word of the Day - switch-hitter
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switch-hitter
/swɪtʃ-hɪtə/
noun
1 Baseball
An ambidextrous batter.
2 North American - informal
A bisexual person.
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A switch-hitter must choose whether to bat left or right handed at the start of an at-bat but can switch once after the first pitch if desired.
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[The corollary rule is that an ambidextrous pitcher must first establish which hand will throw the first pitch before the batter need decide, though he, too, may switch once during the at-bat. See: "Venditte
Guidelines".]
Today's #WordOfTheDay "switch-hitter" was selected because the one offered by Oxford Dictionary, "doppelgänger", had been used before. The rule imposed on us is to always use a word we have not officially used before.
It is okay if we already know the word, but should find a substitute in the event the dictionary (not having the same rules) gives a duplicate.
"Switch-hitter" seemed to have a nice potential association with "doppelgänger" so there you are!
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