someone who remains dormant during the regular season but when the NCAA tournament comes around, they become an instant expert at bracketology
*Standing in front of the water cooler*
Steve - "Shit, here comes bracketman"
Bracketman - "Louisville is tough this year but did you know Boise State is 7-2 vs. the top 100 RPI?"
Steve - "Oh really? So are you just pulling this shit out of your ass or did you really spend all night on ESPN.com just to make it seem like you're a semi-interesting person?"
1. the sub-grouping within a competitive tournament whereby those who suffer their first loss are demoted to a pool of similar types who have suffered a like fate; one more defeat in this category renders the unfortunate complete elimination from the field.
2. a common perception that certain individuals are moving through their respective lives already having suffered some type of major defeat (or many smaller ones), thereby rendering them to a decidedly less than ideal existence.
Look at Joe : he attended all the wrong schools thereby acquiring all the wrong type of friends; this precipitated choosing the wrong type of occupation and marrying the wrong type of girl. Now he's in the wrong type of neighborhood with the wrong type of kids. Joe could be said to be existing in the loser's bracket of life.
1) Cockney reference for snorting cocaine 2) The act of being punched in the throat
3) A great song by The Libertines
4) A great album by The Libertines
1) "All his money goes right up the bracket"
2) "Punched him! Up the bracket"
3) "That song 'Up the Bracket' kicks arse!"
4) "That album 'Up the Bracket' kicks arse!"
The alley in Bethnal Green, London, where The Libertines' song 'Up The Bracket' was filmed that has become a place of pilgrimage for Libertines fans. It is graffittied with many Libertines lyrics and is close to Carl Barât and Pete Doherty's former flat on Teesdale Street.
Up The Bracket Alley, the origin of one of the greatest songs ever, is at Hare Row, Tower Hamlets, E2.
a way of describing something to be good, or to describe your mood. deriving from the MSN emoticon that is a thumbs up, the code being (Y), or y in brackets.
can also be used randomly by shouting it out and putting your thumbs up cheerfully.
often used by computer nerds or just general cool kids.