To be disoriented. Term is derived from baseball, when shadows covering the field make it difficult for batters to gauge the speed of pitches.
My friend was totally batting in the shade when he was trying to order a drink after he spilled the last one all over the bartender.
When I woke up in that guy's bed, trying to find my clothes on the floor was like batting in the shade.
When I woke up in that guy's bed, trying to find my clothes on the floor was like batting in the shade.
by oneflipflop January 16, 2009
Get the Batting in the shade mug.The way in which someone is used to pressing buttons on a cell phone.
Right-buttoned: Used to having OK on the right, cancel on the left
Left-buttoned: Used to having OK on the left, cancel on the right
Often when someone has to use a cell phone with the opposite button configuration, great confusion will arise from many accidentally closed screens and inadvertently opened menus.
Derived from "handedness."
Right-buttoned: Used to having OK on the right, cancel on the left
Left-buttoned: Used to having OK on the left, cancel on the right
Often when someone has to use a cell phone with the opposite button configuration, great confusion will arise from many accidentally closed screens and inadvertently opened menus.
Derived from "handedness."
John: Hey Jane, can I use your phone real quick?
Jane: Sure, here you go.
...several minutes of frustration later...
John: God dammit, I keep hitting cancel! I'm left-buttoned, I'm not used to OK being on the right!
Jane: ikr? When will they start making the buttonedness the same on all phones?
Jane: Sure, here you go.
...several minutes of frustration later...
John: God dammit, I keep hitting cancel! I'm left-buttoned, I'm not used to OK being on the right!
Jane: ikr? When will they start making the buttonedness the same on all phones?
by diemi May 9, 2009
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A person or object by the name of "Wong" that has batlike qualities, such as bad vision. If referencing an object, "batwong" implies that the person who created or purchased the object clearly can not see correctly.
That shirt is SO BatWong
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Person 1: My buttons never make that sound for me!
Person 2: They only do it because I'm button lovable.
Person 2: They only do it because I'm button lovable.
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