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What Does 'Airball' Mean?

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A joke, flirt attempt, or comment that completely fails to land, missing its target entirely with no partial credit.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"He tried to flirt with a callback joke nobody remembered. Complete airball."

LORE & ORIGIN

Borrowed directly from basketball, where an airball is a shot that misses everything — rim, backboard, net — extended to any total social miss.

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