zen's definitions

endgame

1) The final stage of any dramatic event.
2) The final stage of a chess game, usually after a significant reduction in material.

Jack slept with a dirty woman which forced him into the endgame of his already pathetic life.

by Zen January 3, 2007

blown out of the frame

to be afflicted with a sudden realization that your underlying assumptions or impressions or paradigm of thought has been challenged or overthrown by something you have just become aware of.

". . . and after Davian said that, the other guy was all glassy eyed and slack jawed, like he was blown out of the frame, savvy?"

When I first saw "Apocolypse Now," it blew me out of the frame.

I could give you some examples of what all this means to the future of our business, but I don't want to blow you out of the frame.

by zen February 1, 2004