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The following is a list of phrases from sports that have become idioms (slang or otherwise) in English. They have evolved usages and meanings independent of sports and are often used by those with little knowledge of these games. The sport from which each phrase originates has been included immediately after the phrase.
Drawings of tattoos, including initials, hearts, and an anchor, recorded in protection papers [5]: 529 There is a persistent myth that tattoos on European sailors originated with Captain James Cook's crew, who were tattooed in Tahiti in 1769, but Cook brought only the word tattoo to Europeans, not the practice itself.
The following is a glossary of traditional English-language terms used in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: carom billiards referring to the various carom games played on a billiard table without pockets; pool, which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets; and snooker, played on a large pocket table, and which has a sport culture unto itself distinct from pool.
Although he didn't get a check from the Sharks, he did land a deal with a major retail chain, and the exposure on network television pulled in some 50,000 visitors to the Crooked Jaw Web site in ...
The definition and meaning of "mewing," a teen trend and slang term referring to the "looksmaxxing" regimen that claims to help define a person's jawline.
Term used to describe the act of taking taking food from someone else. This slang term was created when the popular twitch streamer Fanum has stolen cookies from Kai Cenat during one of Kai Cenat's live streams. [55] fire Term used to describe that something is impressive, good, or cool. [56] Also see lit. Alternative: flame. fit/fit check
Jennifer Lopez Wore a Jaw-Dropping transparent Gown LN Gilbert Flores - Getty Images. Jennifer Lopes was one of the many, many, mannnny celebrities to show up at the 15th annual Governors Awards ...
Urban Dictionary is a crowdsourced English-language online dictionary for slang words and phrases. The website was founded in 1999 by Aaron Peckham. Originally, Urban Dictionary was intended as a dictionary of slang or cultural words and phrases, not typically found in standard English dictionaries, but it is now used to define any word, event, or phrase (including sexually explicit content).