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Cricketing lexicon
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Bijed
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khawaja against spin, noun
A situation in which someone usually quite talented is totally out of their depth.
"Bob the Councillor is normally a good public speaker, really smooth and calm, but at a public meeting the other day someone from the press asked him questions about plans to increase Councillors' benefits and it was khawaja against spin - he just totally floundered and started spewing out cliché nonsense.
See also: warner outside Australia
A situation in which someone usually quite talented is totally out of their depth.
"Bob the Councillor is normally a good public speaker, really smooth and calm, but at a public meeting the other day someone from the press asked him questions about plans to increase Councillors' benefits and it was khawaja against spin - he just totally floundered and started spewing out cliché nonsense.
See also: warner outside Australia
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Bijed
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warner in bangladesh, noun
Something that is expected to fail dismally, but ends up doing very well
"Many aviators and engineers thought that the Wright brothers' aeroplane designs would never work, but history has shown that in this regard the designs were a warner in bangladesh."
And, going back a bit
play for turn from giles, verb
To assume something is going to happen, when it is actually very unlikely to
"Barney always had a tendency to rush into things, but he really played for turn from giles when he brought £10,000 worth of shares in Northern Rock, assuming that their value would rise, when the news was full of stories of it's impeding bankruptcy and collapse."
Something that is expected to fail dismally, but ends up doing very well
"Many aviators and engineers thought that the Wright brothers' aeroplane designs would never work, but history has shown that in this regard the designs were a warner in bangladesh."
And, going back a bit
play for turn from giles, verb
To assume something is going to happen, when it is actually very unlikely to
"Barney always had a tendency to rush into things, but he really played for turn from giles when he brought £10,000 worth of shares in Northern Rock, assuming that their value would rise, when the news was full of stories of it's impeding bankruptcy and collapse."
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Inzi, noun
A talented person who has an uncanny ability to find new ways to make a clod of himself
" Rupert was honored to be introduced as the guest speaker. As he made his way up the stage, he spilled his papers and in attempting to catch them, tripped, bumped the podium down which spilled the pitcher of water into an electrical outlet, thereby causing a short-circuit that plunged the hall into darkness. He made a complete inzi of himself "
A talented person who has an uncanny ability to find new ways to make a clod of himself
" Rupert was honored to be introduced as the guest speaker. As he made his way up the stage, he spilled his papers and in attempting to catch them, tripped, bumped the podium down which spilled the pitcher of water into an electrical outlet, thereby causing a short-circuit that plunged the hall into darkness. He made a complete inzi of himself "
Bijed
International Regular
bowl first like Bangladesh, verb
To repeatedly make an decision with considerable negative consequences, despite the outcome being extremely predictable and having the ability to easily pursue an alternative course of action.
"Jeff rose to fame as a highly successful stock market investor who wasn't afraid to take risks, but eventually it went to his head and he started bowling first like Bangladesh by only investing in companies known to be on the verge of collapse, just because he thought they *might* turn things around spectacularly."
To repeatedly make an decision with considerable negative consequences, despite the outcome being extremely predictable and having the ability to easily pursue an alternative course of action.
"Jeff rose to fame as a highly successful stock market investor who wasn't afraid to take risks, but eventually it went to his head and he started bowling first like Bangladesh by only investing in companies known to be on the verge of collapse, just because he thought they *might* turn things around spectacularly."
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Bijed
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voges' average, noun
A misleading statistic.
"The leave campaign for Brexit swayed a lot of voters by claiming the voting to leave would mean an extra £350,000 per week that could be spent on the NHS, but this has since been shown to be a voges' average".
afridi, verb
To lie about one's age.
"Monica just couldn't help it - she was thirty, but whenever she got talking to a man at a party she would afridi and say she was twenty-five."
rashid khan, noun
Someone who rises to the top of their field at an absurdly young age.
"Having become Prime Minister at the age of just twenty-four, Pitt the Younger could reasonably be called the rashid khan of British politics"
A misleading statistic.
"The leave campaign for Brexit swayed a lot of voters by claiming the voting to leave would mean an extra £350,000 per week that could be spent on the NHS, but this has since been shown to be a voges' average".
afridi, verb
To lie about one's age.
"Monica just couldn't help it - she was thirty, but whenever she got talking to a man at a party she would afridi and say she was twenty-five."
rashid khan, noun
Someone who rises to the top of their field at an absurdly young age.
"Having become Prime Minister at the age of just twenty-four, Pitt the Younger could reasonably be called the rashid khan of British politics"
TheJediBrah
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Was just about to say the same thing. Afridi and Rashid Khan could easily be interchanged.
vic_orthdox
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Yet Afridi made his debut as a 16 year old - are you saying that he was younger than that when he made his debut and hit a ton in an ODI?
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"Yuzi-Kuldeep", noun
A device used to aid in the breaking down of tough grime and muck.
"After trying tirelessly to get her leaking pipe loose, Jane finally called her handyman, who managed to used the Yuzi-Kuldeep to get the pipe apart."
A device used to aid in the breaking down of tough grime and muck.
"After trying tirelessly to get her leaking pipe loose, Jane finally called her handyman, who managed to used the Yuzi-Kuldeep to get the pipe apart."
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Afridi – verb
To attract attention by being a bellicose, belligerent, brainless bozo
Donald had an innate flair in attracting crowds who were keen to hear what he had to say. He would use the stage to explode into a bombastic rant at any issue or anyone who displeased him. He just about went afridi on everything.
To attract attention by being a bellicose, belligerent, brainless bozo
Donald had an innate flair in attracting crowds who were keen to hear what he had to say. He would use the stage to explode into a bombastic rant at any issue or anyone who displeased him. He just about went afridi on everything.
Was Donald used coincidentally?
Ponting – verb
To complain incessantly when something doesn’t go in your favor, even when it’s obvious you’re in the wrong.
" Micky was so upset at not getting the promotion he thought he so richly deserved, that he pontinged to everybody, even at part-time student substitutes "
To complain incessantly when something doesn’t go in your favor, even when it’s obvious you’re in the wrong.
" Micky was so upset at not getting the promotion he thought he so richly deserved, that he pontinged to everybody, even at part-time student substitutes "
Ya, I wanted to break it away from the negative Afridi association so that the same emotive words could be read in a positive light.Totally.
BTW, did you change my post ?
Geoff-Boycott - verb
To reduce the effectiveness of a group by having an inflated opinion of oneself to the detriment of others.
" Jimmy arrogantly refused to assume his fair share of on-call duties. He pontinged and afridied until it geoff-boycotted the whole organization "
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To reduce the effectiveness of a group by having an inflated opinion of oneself to the detriment of others.
" Jimmy arrogantly refused to assume his fair share of on-call duties. He pontinged and afridied until it geoff-boycotted the whole organization "
(OK, I'm done now. Promise