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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'."
Baller by TJ June 11, 2004
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baller status 

Having reached a superlative level of ballerdom, it is said one has acheived baller status. This often goes hand in hand with early retirement and being a man of leisure (or woman of leisure. It can often devolve into a world of dinner whores and golddiggers if the baller has a weak pimp hand. MAny of these types can be found on dating sites such as wealthymen and webdate, where it is easier to hide one's monetary worth and circumnavigate wanna-be-women-of-leisure.
Only cats with offical baller status are allowed on
Related Words
Appealing; cool; favorable; pimp; tight; anything that is good.
That is so damn baller!
baller by Keezy May 6, 2003

balled my eyes out 

a misspelling of "bawled my eyes out" used by people from California and elsewhere who actually pronounce "cot" and "caught" the same way.
others who have written definitions of "balled my eyes out" here are perfect examples
balled my eyes out by Tomer S February 28, 2008

bellevue, WA 

A suburb of Seattle which no one acknowledges is defined by whether or not one lives east or west of I-405. On the west side of I-405, near the lake, are the classically wealthy seattle suburbs-- Medina, Clyde Hill, Hunts Point, Yarrow Point, Evergreen Point, Beaux Arts. Its denizens tend to be a) fourth generation descendants of humble Seattle scandinavians b) second generation new englanders or c) (and perhaps most unfortunately) first generation Californians. On the east side of I-405 exists what can only be described as uncouth suburbia. With names like newport hills, factoria, and tam o'shanter, these neighborhoods are defined by either by shag carpet in the basement or by stucco walls built by John Buchan (in the case of Newport Hills). The vast majority of Bellevue's asian population lives on the East side. There are no black or hispanic people on either side. West siders will always say they live in Bellevue, even though they technically don't. East-siders who have somehow stumbled into wealth will move to the west side and buy their kids Sea-Doos.
On the commercial side, the city is dominated by a regional shopping mall, PACCAR, and a few tech firms. Major developments promise to bring an influx of population, further eroding Bellevue's suburban/rural aesthetic in favor of commercial aggrandizement and psuedo-trendy-yuppie-condo-villages. Commercial Bellevue aspires to the vibrancy of its northern neighbor, Kirkland, but its downtown lacks the natural beauty that the Kirkland waterfront possesses, and is defined more by its wide, pedestrian-unfriendly street grid and developer Kemper Freeman's sophomoric attempts at creating an eastside version of Seattle's Belltown. (A container store, sir?). People who think that Bellevue residents are elitist have never been to Southern California or New England.
Bellevue, WA is a suburb of Seattle.
bellevue, WA by J. Beau April 26, 2006

clutch baller 

someone who preforms well under pressure
I'm a beast at Basket ball...Na son u a clutch baller
clutch baller by Harpawan Gill April 20, 2009

Bellend boy 

Thoms mussett from barton upon humber is a bellend boy