A (usually) mundane and useless piece of knowledge, or field of expertise, that comes into profound effect as the one question you can answer at a pub/supper quiz.
It has also been known to be used as an excuse for quiz players with poor general knowledge.
Quiz master - 'What is the radius of the centre circle on a standard size soccer pitch?'
Person 1 - '9.15 metres'
Person 2 - 'How on earth did you know that?!?'
Person 1 - 'Oh it's my pub quiz question, don't expect answers to any other questions!'
Someone who travels to another town, to another Pub to enter a pub quiz. Mentally challenged at their own local pub, travelling to another, with dimmer clientele, they are worshipped by their fellow team mates.
“How come that team keeps winning the weekly Pub Quiz at the Lamb and Flag?”
“Because they have bought in a PubQuizRinger from Coventry”
A small piece of information. Derived from the word ken, used often in the scottish language and is synonymous with knowledge.
Person 1: "Hey I don't get this shit. How do you solve this problem?"
Person 2: "I got that one. Give me some kenlets on this assignment and I'll help you w/ that one."
a word of expression to when you give up on comprehending someone'swords of ignorance, stupidity, absurdity or are too exhausted to formulate a proper response.
Commonly seen in TikTok comment sections in replies to lazy attempts at humor, overconfidentally incorrect statement, or an over-the-top comment or when someone completely misses the mark on something.
"actually... incorrect statement, hope this helps!"
"I mean I guess bro"
n. software that is no longer sold or supported by the original publisher / developer, often found as free downloads on the internet because it cannot be obtained elsewhere. Not legal, but often seen as morally acceptable because the company that made it is no longer selling the title, nor releasing it as freeware, therefore abandonware is "keeping the game alive", so to speak.
Doom II is not abandonware because id still sells it, while The Incredible Machine is not sold, therefore is abandonware.