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Cricketing lexicon
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OverratedSanity
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Cue someone making a Tendulkar selective deafness joke, conveniently forgetting that god is omniscient.
Bijed
International Regular
Today's instalment of 'things that stayed relevant longer than they should'
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Fatbobkey, noun
An item that counterintuitively seems to work incredibly well, despite all evidence suggesting it shouldn't.
"Yeah, they have holes and suspicious looking stains, but my old jeans are a total fatbobkey; I pull every time I wear them."
Olliepope, noun
An item that doesn't seem to work in practice, despite all evidence suggesting it should.
"The meal in the Michelin starred restaurant was an olliepope, she said she only saw me as a friend."
An item that counterintuitively seems to work incredibly well, despite all evidence suggesting it shouldn't.
"Yeah, they have holes and suspicious looking stains, but my old jeans are a total fatbobkey; I pull every time I wear them."
Olliepope, noun
An item that doesn't seem to work in practice, despite all evidence suggesting it should.
"The meal in the Michelin starred restaurant was an olliepope, she said she only saw me as a friend."
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Uppercut
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Baz-, prefix
A crude and aggressive strategy, particularly one that is inexplicably successful.
"In accordance with our pivot to "Bazvertising", all of our commercials now consist of an angry man screaming at viewers to gamble more. BetBet's revenues have tripled."
A crude and aggressive strategy, particularly one that is inexplicably successful.
"In accordance with our pivot to "Bazvertising", all of our commercials now consist of an angry man screaming at viewers to gamble more. BetBet's revenues have tripled."
OverratedSanity
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"chris.hinton was 'Bazposting' on cricketweb.net thoughout the 5th test between India and England "
Bijed
International Regular
The official antonym to Gambhiring?
Blenkinsop
U19 Cricketer
Harmer, verb
To achieve astonishing success by being reasonably competent in an environment where standards are low.
"Datsun and Toyota completely Harmered the US automobile market in the 1970s by making cars that didn't instantly fall to bits."
(see also Jeetan Patel).
To achieve astonishing success by being reasonably competent in an environment where standards are low.
"Datsun and Toyota completely Harmered the US automobile market in the 1970s by making cars that didn't instantly fall to bits."
(see also Jeetan Patel).
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
woakes, noun
To be useful or productive at home but completely useless otherwise.
“I get loads done when I work from home but when I go into the office between chatting, ogling pretty ladies and visiting the vending machine I become a total woakes”
or
“My phone battery is so drained that I have to have it plugged in all the time; it’s basically a woakes.”
Shady on Root, verb
To assess something’s value based on a tiny portion of what it offers.
“My mate heard Revolution 9 and decided The Beatles are ****e - what a Shady on Root that was!”
To be useful or productive at home but completely useless otherwise.
“I get loads done when I work from home but when I go into the office between chatting, ogling pretty ladies and visiting the vending machine I become a total woakes”
or
“My phone battery is so drained that I have to have it plugged in all the time; it’s basically a woakes.”
Shady on Root, verb
To assess something’s value based on a tiny portion of what it offers.
“My mate heard Revolution 9 and decided The Beatles are ****e - what a Shady on Root that was!”
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Shady Slim
International Coach
smart man, getting in before someone can claim this one as "to anderson"
Blenkinsop
U19 Cricketer
Marnus, noun
A copy that replicates the accidental qualities of the original as well as the important ones.
"Kings of Leon were originally a total Marnus of Creedence Clearwater Revival, right down to the beards."
A copy that replicates the accidental qualities of the original as well as the important ones.
"Kings of Leon were originally a total Marnus of Creedence Clearwater Revival, right down to the beards."
Starfighter
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Disagree with this example, could've sampled about eight dozen other songs and come to the same conclusion
