Latch’s Gambit

When someone does or says something so stupid, that you know a real human possessing a functioning brain could not possibly have done it organically. Therefore the only possibility can be the aforementioned act of stupidity must be an attempt at rage bait.

Nah no way you just did that dumbass shit bro, that’s Latch’s Gambit, it has to be.

by Bignastywordmaster April 19, 2025

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Bill Clinton Gambit

A defense strategy where one seeks to extricate oneself from a bad situation by claiming to be innocent by (a usually absurd) technicality. Named for former US president Bill Clinton, who popularized this strategy in the 1990s with his creative explanations for how he didn't actually smoke weed because he didn't "inhale", and most infamously, how he didn't technically lie when he said there is no sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky because "it depends on what the definition of "is" is."

Person 1: I just read an article about how Senator Rob Johnson claimed he didn't technically commit a crime by being involved in a plot to replace legitimate Electoral College electors with fraudulent ones in the 2020 election, because he was only involved for "a couple seconds"...

Person 2: A Republican using the Bill Clinton Gambit? Oh the sweet irony.

by Alex-2598 August 23, 2022

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The Pawn’s Gambit

When a dad moves the last 2 or 3 beers in a 12 (or 24) pack to the front row so that his wife thinks the case is full and he didn’t drink the whole case already. He is the pawn of the house and the gambit is she finds out he drank 10-18 beers.

“Hey man after this game I gotta run to get more beer because I don’t have enough to run the Pawn’s Gambit before my wife gets home”

by Tatu 8157 December 5, 2024

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Anthem Gambit

The act of your own videogame failing due to executive greed, sabotaging it further by removing content or patching bugs that actually improve the player experience until everyone stops playing and then blaming it on a lack of interest.

Person A: "Did you hear what happened to Battlefield 2042? It's an absolute mess."
Person B: "Just another case of the Anthem Gambit."

by Tevis January 11, 2022

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