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Etymology edit

Because many hard-hit balls are hit there

Noun edit

hot corner (countable and uncountable, plural hot corners)

  1. (baseball, countable, uncountable, usually with "the") Third base.
    Jones plays the hot corner.
    Jones plays hot corner.
  2. (graphical user interface, countable) A corner of the screen configured to perform an action when the pointer is moved there.
    • 2021, Richard Petersen, Linux Mint 20.2: Desktops and Administration:
      You can also configure a hot corner to open the Expo screen, or install the Expo applet.