Etymology: Middle English 'bal', from Old Norse 'bollr' and akin to Old
High German 'balla'; combined with the commin suffix 'er' denoting one that does or performs (a specified action)
Therefore, a baller is, literally, 'one who balls'
Other connotations of the word include:
(N)
1. One who exhibits a consistent proficency at-, or exuberant
love for the
game of basketball.
2. One whose person has been fully and successfully established in numerous social circles (esp. one who is extremely
popular with both the male and female members of any given social group)
3. One whose status in
society has been earned by one's possession of "game" (that is, proficiency at the game of life)
(Adj)
1. Exhibiting those qualitites of a baller; not limited to the description of a person, 'baller'
may be used to describe any place, thing or situation.
(N)
1. "Kobe Bryant... now THAT kid's a baller"
2. "Wanna be a baller, shot caller, twenty inch blades on the impala, caller getting laid tonight..."
3. "Hey yo! Don't let nobody else up in this booth. I see
nothing but gansters up in here, I see nothing but ballers up in here..."
(Adj)
1. "This Sh*t is baller"
Suburbanation of 'Baller':
"
Wow, that
man is really quite 'on the ball'."