When the end of a sporting event that runs past its scheduled time slot gets preempted by other programming. Refers to the 1968 Oakland Raiders comeback over the New York Jets that NBC left prematurely to broadcast the movie "Heidi."
Wisconsin's Jordan Taylor launched a three-pointer that could have won the game. The ball was midflight when CBS switched to another game. If he'd made the shot, it would have been a Heidi moment of epic proportions.
by Crassius May 24, 2010
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The OED dates boink as a verb back to 1984, citing Stephen King's "Thinner," where it appears to be used as onomatopoeia, similar to bonk: "He half-expected them to begin bopping and boinking each other."
This precedes usage in the 1985 episode of "Moonlighting" titled "The Next Murder You Hear."
not considered offensive enough to be censored from network TV
The OED dates boink as a verb back to 1984, citing Stephen King's "Thinner," where it appears to be used as onomatopoeia, similar to bonk: "He half-expected them to begin bopping and boinking each other."
This precedes usage in the 1985 episode of "Moonlighting" titled "The Next Murder You Hear."
David: It makes you crazy to think that anybody out there is boinking when you can’t.
Maddie: I can't hear you.
Maddie: I can't hear you.
by Crassius October 06, 2020
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