warp zoning

A reference to Super Mario Brothers in which a player would skip several levels in order to achieve the ultimate objective of saving the princess. More generally, it refers to someone who wants to achieve a goal more easily than he otherwise could by stacking the odds in his favor or by skipping steps that would ordinarily be required.

By joining forces with Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh, Lebron James is warp zoning himself to a championship.

warp zoning by Hank Thompkins December 9, 2011