ball-bustern.
/ˈbɔːlbʌstə/, U.S. /ˈbɔlˌbəstər/, /ˈbɑlˌbəstər/ slang (originally U.S.).
= ball-breaker n.
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ball-buster1954
ball-breaker1962
1954 J. A. Weingarten Amer. Dict. Slang at Ball-breaker, -buster 1) A person who repeatedly annoys one or assigns difficult tasks. 2) A task that is difficult or annoying.
1975 Verbatim Feb. 5/2 The term ballbuster..is a graphic, forceful expletive, typically applied to a domineering female.
1977 P. Schrader & L. Schrader Blue Collar 6 He was a real ballbuster when he came up, but that was thirty years ago.
1980 M. French Bleeding Heart vii. 258 A woman who blames men or male society for anything, who complains, is seen as a..castrator, an Amazon, a ballbuster.
1981 National Lampoon Sept. 44 The first week was a ballbuster.
2001 T. O'Farrell Behind Enemy Lines xii. 139 The climb to the top of the hill was an absolute ball-buster. In addition to the normal paraphernalia, we were grossly overloaded with extra batteries to accommodate the longer than usual hours on the radio.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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