Results for “jings, crivvens an' help ma boab”

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jings, crivens, help ma boab
phrase

Classic Scots exclamation of surprise — the Oor Wullie trifecta.

#scottish#scots#exclamation#oor-wullie
help ma boab
interjection

An exclamation of surprise or exasperation

#scottish#irish#exclamation#surprise
fireman's hose
noun

Nose.

#cockney#london#rhyming-slang#british
Rothman's sign
noun

Tobacco tar staining on a smoker's fingers

#medical#nursing#smoking#pseudo-sign
old man's friend
noun

Pneumonia, seen as a gentle end for the very frail

#medical#nursing#geriatric#end-of-life
you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
phrase

You can't make something fine from poor material.

#american#regional#proverb#idiom
mane
noun

Memphis 'man' — pronounced with a curl, used like punctuation.

#tennessee#memphis#hip-hop#southern
Money makers
noun

A lineman's climbing hooks — the gaffs strapped to his boots.

#construction#lineman#electrical#tools
matey
noun

A mistress / the 'other woman'

#caribbean#patois#people#relationships
maccomere
noun

A woman's close female friend and gossip confidante.

#caribbean#patois#friendship#gossip
man down
phrase

An emergency call that an inmate needs help.

#prison#criminal#emergency#procedure
marge called
phrase

Being force-liquidated because you can't meet a margin requirement.

#finance#stocks#wsb#margin
makai
adverb

Hawaiian directional meaning 'toward the ocean'.

#skater#surf#hawaiian#direction
the Mighty Mac
proper noun

Nickname for the Mackinac Bridge linking Michigan's two peninsulas.

#american#regional#michigan#landmark
Yer Man
phrase

That guy — a vague way to refer to a man whose name you won't say or can't recall.

#irish
mate's rates
noun

A discount price for friends.

#australian#aussie#money#social
main tank
noun

The tank that leads the charge and shields the whole team.

#overwatch#tank#roles#fps
manfight
noun

A straight 1v1, toe-to-toe, no kiting, no tricks — just who hits harder.

#dota 2#moba#combat#duel
mats
noun

The raw materials you need to craft something.

#mmo#crafting#economy#professions
tick manipulation
noun

Exploiting the game's tick timing to fire off actions faster than normal.

#osrs#skilling#efficiency#game tick
maxed
adjective, verb

Hitting level 99 in a skill — or maxing every skill for the full 2277 total.

#osrs#runescape#99#endgame
ultimate
noun

FFXIV's hardest raid tier — no Echo, no mercy.

#ffxiv#raiding#endgame
stack marker
noun

The 'everyone huddle up' marker — pile on it to split the damage.

#mmo#ffxiv#raid#mechanics
primal
noun

A god-tier trial boss in FFXIV, summoned straight out of the lore.

#ffxiv#trial#boss#mmo
magicka
noun

The mana pool that fuels every magical ability in The Elder Scrolls.

#eso#elder scrolls#mmo#resource
jumpmaster
noun

The squadmate who controls the drop and picks where you land.

#apex legends#battle royale#drop#squad
Chip damage
noun

The little bit of life you lose blocking specials and supers — death by a thousand pokes.

#fighting games#fgc#blocking#damage
Command grab
noun

A special-move throw that grabs straight through blocking and shields.

#fighting games#throws#grappler#fgc
Magic 4
noun

A fast standing kick that turns a counter-hit into a free combo.

#tekken#counter hit#poke
Wavedash (Smash)
noun

Air-dodging diagonally into the floor to slide while staying free to act.

#smash#melee#movement#tech-skill
Meteor smash
noun

A downward-launching hit you can sometimes jump out of, unlike a true spike.

#smash#melee#offstage#downward
damage boosting
verb

Taking a hit on purpose to ride the knockback or abuse invincibility frames.

#speedrun#technique#i-frames#knockback
making cycles
phrase

Timing moving stage elements so you hit them at the perfect moment.

#speedrun#technique#timing#platforming
marathon strats
noun

Safer, slower strategies you run when consistency beats raw speed.

#speedrun#strategy#gdq#consistency
RNG manipulation
noun

Forcing the game's random number generator to give you the outcome you want.

#speedrun#rng#technique#manip
luck manipulation
noun

Bending in-game RNG to your will through deliberate inputs.

#speedrunning#tas#rng
danmaku
noun

Dense curtain-fire bullet patterns you weave through — the 'bullet hell' itself.

#shmup#bullet hell#touhou#patterns
marquee
noun

The lit-up artwork sign crowning an arcade cabinet.

#arcade#cabinet#retro#hardware
Roman Empire
phrase

The random thing you think about way more often than is reasonable.

#tiktok#gen-z#trend#obsession
main character syndrome
phrase

Acting online like the world is a film and you're the lead everyone tuned in to watch.

#tiktok#twitter#personality#self-importance