Plural of 'googly'; in cricket, a type of bowling delivery where the ball spins in an unexpected direction to deceive the batter.
From 'googly,' which was coined in English cricket in the early 1900s, possibly from 'Google' (to turn or rotate) or from the surname of cricket player B.J.T. Bosanquet who invented the delivery. The exact origin is debated among etymologists.
The word 'googly' became part of cricket slang around 1900, and it's such a fun word that most people who've never watched cricket still recognize it—it's proof that sports create their own colorful vocabulary that spreads beyond the field!
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