Korean slang profile
바가지안타
bagajianta
Bloop hit between fielders
A baseball hit in which a poorly struck ball drops in a difficult-to-field spot between the infielders and outfielders.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 텍사스 히트
- Earliest source found
- Dec 31, 2000
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
타구가 수비수 사이에 떨어지며 바가지안타가 됐다.
The batted ball dropped between defenders for a 바가지안타.
02Documented history
- 2000The 국립국어연구원’s 『2000년 신어』 lists the spelling and meaning of “바가지안타”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The 국립국어연구원’s 『2000년 신어』 presents 바가지안타 as synonymous with 텍사스 히트. A later 조선에듀 article supplements the definition as a poorly struck hit dropping between the infielders and outfielders. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The synonym reference in the 2000 collection was distinguished from the specific explanation in a later article. The later article displays an entered time of 2010-10-22, but publication metadata were empty, so the second source’s date was left blank. The first-naming anecdote was not separately verified and was omitted.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2000년 신어, 본문 117쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 31, 2000Original source checked Nov 15, 2026
- [알쏭달쏭 스포츠 용어] 야구 편_홈런만큼 짜릿한 행운의 안타 (조선에듀)Original source checked Nov 15, 2026