Phrase originally made famous on the old ABC's Wide World of Sports show that aired on Saturday afternoons. A hapless ski jumper fell off the jump and had the misfortune to have that little video clip replayed about a zillion times over the years.
Antonym is Thrill of Victory
Antonym is Thrill of Victory
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He blew that $1,000 Nassau and then got fired for letting down the Chairman's team - talk about the agony of defeat.
He blew that $1,000 Nassau and then got fired for letting down the Chairman's team - talk about the agony of defeat.
by AdamanEve April 12, 2006
Get the Agony of Defeat mug.noun: Italian or Italian-American who is born with genes to know it all and to be correct in all things, all the time.
Has strong integrity in all things he/she does and will not back down on opinion. DeMaios usually bear distinct facial features, i.e. large nose, full lips. Though respected as they mature, some young opinionated DeMaios may not achieve success in the career of choice, due to lack of business manners and the know-it-all attitude, also known as "not knowing when to shut up".
see: mouth almighty, tongue everlasting
Has strong integrity in all things he/she does and will not back down on opinion. DeMaios usually bear distinct facial features, i.e. large nose, full lips. Though respected as they mature, some young opinionated DeMaios may not achieve success in the career of choice, due to lack of business manners and the know-it-all attitude, also known as "not knowing when to shut up".
see: mouth almighty, tongue everlasting
She must be a DeMaio, she knows it all.
You can tell he's got a lot of DeMaio blood, he's right ALL the time and knows all things! Just ask him!
He's all DeMaio. Big mouth.
You can tell he's got a lot of DeMaio blood, he's right ALL the time and knows all things! Just ask him!
He's all DeMaio. Big mouth.
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Get the Dehead mug.One who uses popular biases and other aspects of cultural programming to elicit a "knee-jerk reaction" from a crowd or audience, avoiding the dispassionate examination of the facts related to some issue, in order to ascend to leadership.
Also demagogue, from the Greek demos 'people' + aggos 'leading'
Also demagogue, from the Greek demos 'people' + aggos 'leading'
In ancient Greece, one of the common purposes of logical argument was to deflate the rhetoric of a demagogue.
Despite the harmful divisions created, G.W. Bush chose to act as a demagogue rather than lose re-election.
Despite the harmful divisions created, G.W. Bush chose to act as a demagogue rather than lose re-election.
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