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Gambatte
Japanese phrase meaning "Go for it"! or "Do your best!" Similar to how English speakers say "Break a leg!" It's usually echoed before major events involving competition.
Commentator A: It is the finals round of our matchup with our two competitors in their respective corners!!
Crowd: Gambatte!!
Fighter A: what are they saying ?
Fighter B: They are cheering us on. They're telling us to "Do your best!" or "Break a leg!"
Crowd: Gambatte!!
Fighter A: what are they saying ?
Fighter B: They are cheering us on. They're telling us to "Do your best!" or "Break a leg!"
Gambatte by KalasBlackwing July 9, 2018
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(noun) Someone who always does well. An extension of the word 'gambatte'.
Can also be used as a verb (gambatted).
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Word of the Day on July 19, 2026
Fleg
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.
The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.
The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.
The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.