kinda ups

A variation on wordkeine ups/word, playing on the similarity of sound between kinda and keine.

It is used when one is just about average or has achieved some trivial level of success. Also, it is used in pity on those who do indeed have keine ups, but might lose it if they were informed as such.
Person 1: "Oh God, if one more person tells me I have keine ups I'm going to shoot myself in the face."
Person 2: "Don't worry. You have kinda ups."
by Lezard Valeth September 02, 2003
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In sports terms, the precise moment when you realize why that promising call-up from the minor leagues was in the minor leagues in the first place.

Inspired by Step Brothers (2008). Applicable to any team or a group dynamic.
Third-string goalie pitches a shutout in his first game, then gets lit up in his second game.

“Now the tuxedos seem kinda fucked up.”
by ApathyInaction May 10, 2025
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