greenfly
v.— «Greenfly: A baseball colloquialism derived from insects that swarm around livestock, a derogatory reference by baseball people toward over-zealous media types. Example: “That writer was greenflyin’ me the whole series.”» —“A ‘green’ day in baseball” by Mark Newman MLB.com Mar. 17, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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