purplebackpack89's definitions

baseball

A medicine show designed to sell incontinence drugs to old men.

This baseball telecast is brought to you by Viagra.

by purplebackpack89 April 28, 2021

Emptysburg Address

A 2020 Donald Trump rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma attended by a much smaller crowd than expected by Trump.

Tik Tok trolls requesting tickets they'd never use turned a Donald Trump rally into the Emptysburg Address.

by purplebackpack89 June 24, 2020

rock fight

A low-scoring, defense-dominated, very physical basketball game

The matchup between UCLA and Michigan was a rock fight from the opening tip.

by purplebackpack89 March 31, 2021

Mariano Rivera meal

A meal so big, you're going to need a closer to finish it (or a doggie bag).

The chicken fried steak at the Seaside Diner is a real Mariano Rivera meal.

by purplebackpack89 April 19, 2018

left-hand man

A man who is being seen on the side by a woman who has another man who is her boyfriend.

Lady, running down to the riptide
Taken away to the dark side
I wanna be your left-hand man

--Vance Joy, "Riptide"

by purplebackpack89 August 18, 2014

when they go low, we go high

Used to indicate an unwillingness to stoop to an adversary's incivility or violence

No, our motto is, when they go low, we go high. With every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us

-Michelle Obama

by purplebackpack89 March 27, 2024

run out the clock

To hit menopause without ever having kids.

Everybody thought Jane was going to run out the clock until she was pregnant at 38.

by purplebackpack89 May 2, 2015