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Cricketing lexicon
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Bijed
International Regular
agar, verb
To impress in an unexpected way.
Our local councillor visited our school to deliver as speech. I thought it would be boring and cringeworthy, but he agared by being honest and having a good sense of humour.
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rohit, verb
To disappoint after an impressive start.
The film began with an engrossing fight scene, but then it rohited and the next 90 minutes were unwatchable rubbish.
To impress in an unexpected way.
Our local councillor visited our school to deliver as speech. I thought it would be boring and cringeworthy, but he agared by being honest and having a good sense of humour.
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rohit, verb
To disappoint after an impressive start.
The film began with an engrossing fight scene, but then it rohited and the next 90 minutes were unwatchable rubbish.
Bijed
International Regular
pietersen, verb
To divide opinion.
The design of the new memorial pietersened amongst the people of the town.
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paul adams, noun
An unnecessarily complicated way of achieving something.
"I had to fill out a ridiculous number of forms to apply for the grant, the whole process was a paul adams."
To divide opinion.
The design of the new memorial pietersened amongst the people of the town.
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paul adams, noun
An unnecessarily complicated way of achieving something.
"I had to fill out a ridiculous number of forms to apply for the grant, the whole process was a paul adams."
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Very good
Bijed
International Regular
swann to rogers, noun
A very poor attempt at something which still manages to get undeserved success.
"The presidential campaign was a swann to rogers - the candidate visited about 3 states and he never even published any policies, but he won the election anyway."
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tufnell, adjective
Acceptable in one aspect but severely lacking in others.
"The new accountant was tufnell at his job - he was good with numbers but often disrupted his colleagues and was rude to clients."
A very poor attempt at something which still manages to get undeserved success.
"The presidential campaign was a swann to rogers - the candidate visited about 3 states and he never even published any policies, but he won the election anyway."
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tufnell, adjective
Acceptable in one aspect but severely lacking in others.
"The new accountant was tufnell at his job - he was good with numbers but often disrupted his colleagues and was rude to clients."
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indiaholic
International Captain
The new accountant is a panesar, good with numbers but sometimes pisses on the security guard.
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LongHopCassidy
International Captain
warner, verb
To involuntarily respond with extreme violence to innocuous slights, real or imagined.
'She ate my stash of Tim Tams so I punched her lights out. In my defense, your Honour, I did warner.'
lehmann, noun
An unexpected display of racism that clouds a distinguished career.
'Mel Gibson, great actor, fine director...but I can't get past that lehmann live on air.'
'When life gives you lehmanns, blame political correctness.'
To involuntarily respond with extreme violence to innocuous slights, real or imagined.
'She ate my stash of Tim Tams so I punched her lights out. In my defense, your Honour, I did warner.'
lehmann, noun
An unexpected display of racism that clouds a distinguished career.
'Mel Gibson, great actor, fine director...but I can't get past that lehmann live on air.'
'When life gives you lehmanns, blame political correctness.'
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HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
north, noun
Something much maligned at the time, but looked back on with wistful feelings when faced with tougher times.
The rise of Donald Trump led the liberal elites to view George W Bush as a prime example of a North.
marsh, noun
Something that you see has some purpose, but you're kind of convinced it's only got where it has due to some kind of lie and/or nepotism
Well, I know that Andy Townsend played football, but I'm pretty sure his presence as a pundit and commentator can only be due to him being some kind of marsh.
southee, noun
Someone very serviceable, nay even incredibly useful at times, but also as thick as mince
"I did enjoy watching the Goonies the other day but I had the dawning realisation that the character Sloth is a real southee.
See also Broad, Stuart
athlai, verb
To be incredibly untrustworthy.
"This evil bastard spent days trying to convince me he was actually a horse. There he was, eating hay and ****ting in my living room and demanding apples and sugarcubes. More fool me, it turned out he was athlaing the whole time"
Something much maligned at the time, but looked back on with wistful feelings when faced with tougher times.
The rise of Donald Trump led the liberal elites to view George W Bush as a prime example of a North.
marsh, noun
Something that you see has some purpose, but you're kind of convinced it's only got where it has due to some kind of lie and/or nepotism
Well, I know that Andy Townsend played football, but I'm pretty sure his presence as a pundit and commentator can only be due to him being some kind of marsh.
southee, noun
Someone very serviceable, nay even incredibly useful at times, but also as thick as mince
"I did enjoy watching the Goonies the other day but I had the dawning realisation that the character Sloth is a real southee.
See also Broad, Stuart
athlai, verb
To be incredibly untrustworthy.
"This evil bastard spent days trying to convince me he was actually a horse. There he was, eating hay and ****ting in my living room and demanding apples and sugarcubes. More fool me, it turned out he was athlaing the whole time"
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Black Cap, verb - to be appreciated for your sense of commitment and fair play, but to not get any reward for effort.
"Harry thought he was well loved at work by management and staff alike, but realised when he was passed over for the promotion that he had been well and truly Black Capped".
"Harry thought he was well loved at work by management and staff alike, but realised when he was passed over for the promotion that he had been well and truly Black Capped".
HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Athers can no doubt fill you in himself. It's definitely lighthearted though, not calling him a lying malicious bastard.
But the lying part... well, he's so damn convincing.
Howe_zat
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A few years ago on cricsim Athlai told everyone he was a horse and many people believed him.
Bijed
International Regular
victory in india, noun
A goal that is all but impossible to achieve.
"We've been told to double our sales over the next year, but personally I think that's a victory in india."
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vernon, verb
To avoid an undesirable task by faking an injury.
"The rain was hammering down outside and it was my turn to walk the dog, so I vernoned by pretending I'd twisted my ankle."
A goal that is all but impossible to achieve.
"We've been told to double our sales over the next year, but personally I think that's a victory in india."
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vernon, verb
To avoid an undesirable task by faking an injury.
"The rain was hammering down outside and it was my turn to walk the dog, so I vernoned by pretending I'd twisted my ankle."
Bijed
International Regular
bucknor, noun
A bad decision with no discernible logic behind it.
"The ice cream seller went bankrupt after he made the bucknor to go on extended summer holiday but make up for it by trading in the winter instead."
In fairness to Steve, you can use the names of many other umpires as synonyms for this one.
A bad decision with no discernible logic behind it.
"The ice cream seller went bankrupt after he made the bucknor to go on extended summer holiday but make up for it by trading in the winter instead."
In fairness to Steve, you can use the names of many other umpires as synonyms for this one.
Magrat Garlick
Global Moderator
I'd like to respond to this with "it made sense in context" but it really, really didn't
Magrat Garlick
Global Moderator
bell, noun
Something that by all objective accounts works reasonably well and in any case much better than the alternatives but must be ruthlessly criticized for perceived flaws
You really should buy a new car, that one you've got is a real bell. It doesn't even have WiFi installed!
Something that by all objective accounts works reasonably well and in any case much better than the alternatives but must be ruthlessly criticized for perceived flaws
You really should buy a new car, that one you've got is a real bell. It doesn't even have WiFi installed!