Similar to one's frame of reference, a guy uses a game-of-reference to help jog his memory of something important that has happened, but he can't exactly remember when it happened or the circumstances surrounding it. This most always refers to some sporting event the guy was at or was watching. This is an especially helpful tool to recall mundane things your wife/gf tells you and expects you to remember.
John: "Bro, it's time to fucking pregame and slay some fuckmeat."
Tom: "Huh? It's 7:15 and we usually don't start until 9. When did we change it?"
John: "Don't you remember me telling you Sunday?"
Tom (after thinking a minute using football as a game-of-reference): "Ohhh ya, that was during the Packers/Cardinals playoff game. I remember you telling me right after regulation ended."
Tom: "Huh? It's 7:15 and we usually don't start until 9. When did we change it?"
John: "Don't you remember me telling you Sunday?"
Tom (after thinking a minute using football as a game-of-reference): "Ohhh ya, that was during the Packers/Cardinals playoff game. I remember you telling me right after regulation ended."
by SethC November 30, 2010
The Human Reference Book is the first black to successfully nominate two billionaires for an honorary degree-Bob Johnson and Oprah Winfrey received honorary degrees from Arkansas Baptist College and Bethune Cookman University.
by Coop Dupe January 10, 2020
A shameless high-pressure verbal strategy used by a fake/insincere Bible-blabber merely in an attempt to manipulate others into doing what he wants, convert to his faith and/or join his church, etc.; said strategy involves speaking vehemently about "The Great J.C." and how He met His untimely demise.
A local druggie tried to cross-reference me into trying some of his crap --- claiming it was "divine matter from The Holy Spirit Himself" --- but I just shruggingly waved him off.
by QuacksO May 9, 2019
When writing a literature review and the pile of journal articles to read never gets smaller due to finding a new relevant reference in the journal that now also needs reading
by moretimepelase February 15, 2018
When someone brings up a previous entry in that personal, tiny subculture of jokes, observations, awesome one-liners and general ideas that is borne of any two people. Such cultures can be linked by more than two people but are not nearly as intimate.
proper couple-culture reference
A: Hey B, x?
B: Haha, x! Good times.
improper couple-culture reference
C: GUYS
B+A: yes?
C: x x x x x x x
B+A: lol
A: Hey B, x?
B: Haha, x! Good times.
improper couple-culture reference
C: GUYS
B+A: yes?
C: x x x x x x x
B+A: lol
by play/write January 9, 2012
by James Brownley March 4, 2005
When a detective has only one arm, refers to a case as a riddle, or that detective plays/enjoys piano.
Based around the songs Nazotoki (Riddle Solving) and Nazokake by Hinata Haruhana, in which the character Len is a one-armed detective who played the piano.
Based around the songs Nazotoki (Riddle Solving) and Nazokake by Hinata Haruhana, in which the character Len is a one-armed detective who played the piano.
Person A: “Yo man, didn’t the Shuichi dude from Danganronpa have a thing for that one piano lady?”
Person B: “A detective and a piano player? Combine the two, and that’s Nazotoki Len for you!”
Person A: “Damn, is that a Nazotoki reference or something?”
Person B: “A detective and a piano player? Combine the two, and that’s Nazotoki Len for you!”
Person A: “Damn, is that a Nazotoki reference or something?”
by kotokomaru April 28, 2022