English
airball
* From air + ball.
first attested * The first recorded use of the "airball" chant was on February 24, 1979, during a college basketball game between the Duke University Blue Devils and the North Carolina Tar Heels after the Tar Heels' Rich Yonakor took a shot which missed the rim (as stated in the etymology)
Today it means
noun A shot that misses the backboard, rim and net entirely.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / airball