coell's definitions

boystown

Neighborhood or section of town where gay people live or gather to party.

If you want a rainbow flag like mine, go to the Gay-Mart in boystown ... take the brown line to Addison, walk over to Halstead and head north. When you see the rainbow rocketship lamp-posts and the dance clubs with burnished steel entrances, you'll know you're there. It's the store with the giant neon pink triangle in the window.

by Coell September 5, 2005

six degrees of kevin bacon

Theory that by six or less degrees of separation, every actor is connected to Kevin Bacon, possibly making him the center of the universe. A cult trivia game among movie fans, players choose one actor and create links by naming movies in which they worked with someone, who in turn is related to someone else, and so on, until the final person is directly connected to Kevin Bacon. Created by Craig Fass, Brian Turtle and Mike Ginelli and made famous in 1994 when Jon Stewart invited them to play on his show.

Kevin Costner is one link: Both were in JFK. Julia Louis-Dreyfus of TV's Seinfeld takes all six degrees of Kevin Bacon: She was in Christmas Vacation with Randy Quaid, who was in Major League II with Tom Berenger, who was in Shattered with Greta Scacchi, who was in Presumed Innocent with Harrison Ford, who was in Raiders of the Lost Ark with Karen Allen, who was in Animal House with Kevin Bacon.

by Coell September 22, 2005

mark my words

Phrase said before or after a prediction or declaration to mean: "You should write down what I say (mentally or literally), because it will come true or be something unforgetable."

Usually said in warning or in a betting situation, so that you can win a wager or say I told you so later.

Intended to convey great conviction, as though your statement could be doubted or denied by others.

"Mark my words, that car will break down on the way there."

"If you go, mark my words, your stuff will be on the lawn when you get back."

"That marriage won't last a year; mark my words."

by Coell April 18, 2006

board

In Texas Hold 'Em Poker, the community cards dealt face up on the table.

"With two aces on board, there was no way I could call his all-in with just my pocket deuces."

"When my third six hit the board, I knew I had him."

by Coell May 14, 2005

swing a dead cat

Silly way of relating the quantity or frequency of something in terms of whether you would hit one if you swung a dead cat.

You can't swing a dead cat in that school without hitting some guy with his underwear showing.

by Coell September 23, 2005

muck

(v) In poker, to return your cards to the dealer without showing the other players. Differs from fold because folded cards cannot be shown during play (forced muck). Muck implies choice.

He mucked his cards so I couldn't see if he was bluffing or chasing.

by Coell May 14, 2005

Open-ended

In poker, four cards in a row that need either one higher or lower to complete a straight. (_,6,7,8,9,_)

Opposite of gut-shot (four out of five cards in a row that are missing the center number).

Open-ended straight draws have better odds because there are eight cards that can make your straight. Gut-shots are less likely to suceed because there are only four cards that can help you.

I was chip leader and open-ended. I didn't want the guy to double up, but he was like all-in with the blind, so I called it and caught the 5 on the river. Busted his pocket rockets.

by Coell December 28, 2005