A mug punter is someone who thinks he's good at betting on sport but is, in fact, hopeless. He can be found on betting site forums and can easily be spotted by the pathetic attention-seeking nature of his posts where he proclaims he's the greatest tipster / master of betting etc, and follow-up posts to point out the occasional winner he selects. Most of these winners are blindingly obvious and at short priced odds.
His tips usually follow a pattern of a short run of success, which promotes a feeling of invincibility, followed by the inevitable extra large bet on a loser, wiping out his entire bank. Then nothing will be heard from him for several weeks, whereupon he re-emerges having scraped together some more money for another go.
He is the opposite of the shrewdie.
It usually pays to oppose the mug's selections.
His tips usually follow a pattern of a short run of success, which promotes a feeling of invincibility, followed by the inevitable extra large bet on a loser, wiping out his entire bank. Then nothing will be heard from him for several weeks, whereupon he re-emerges having scraped together some more money for another go.
He is the opposite of the shrewdie.
It usually pays to oppose the mug's selections.
by a shrewdie December 15, 2008
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However in polite company, one who bets (on horce races), or visits your retail establishment.
However in polite company, one who bets (on horce races), or visits your retail establishment.
by BigDipper November 2, 2003
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the print outs that come out when you replace the paper in the printer. obviously someone else didnt realize there was no paper left and so printed their stuff like 12 times, all of which did not work. a waste of paper and really annoying because its almost impossible to stop.
by Alison November 27, 2004
Get the Printer vomit mug.Gen Zs are the embodiment of pinterest girl core. Their daily routine is to browse on Pinterest and collect pins for their aesthetic. They have playlists with quirky titles (but actually contains the same tiktok "indie" songs) playing in the background for self-care. They are mentally deranged and are obsessed with badly edited facebook memes. They like to text in low caps with "xx" or "<3" depending on their mood. They like their pictures heavily filtered and post them on Instagram.
Pinterest girl core checklist : heart shaped cookie dough, tanned skinny white girls, auras, vine walls, crystals, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, "you are hot", whisper the app
Pinterest girl core checklist : heart shaped cookie dough, tanned skinny white girls, auras, vine walls, crystals, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, "you are hot", whisper the app
"What title do you prefer? 'Main character energy' or 'dancing with ur soulmate in the kitchen to old love songs', it's for my spotify playlist"
"For fucks sake you are into pinterest girl core as well?"
"For fucks sake you are into pinterest girl core as well?"
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Get the pinterest girl core mug.Matte Painter: a Digital Artist in the Film Industry.
A Matte Painter is a Digital Artist who creates artificial backgrounds for film and television or even for publication. At the turn of the century, Matte Painters used oils painted on glass to achieve this process. In the 21st Century the same results are achieved using computers and special editing software. This process using computers allows for much more convincing backgrounds (and occasionally foregrounds) to be rendered in much shorter periods of time. Most Matte Painters use a program called Photoshop to achieve the desired result although other programs such as Painter or Alias Wavefront may be used.
Movies like Star Wars and The Matrix and television series such as Farscape are fantasy-themed and therefore most of the artificial backgrounds used in each scene are Matte Paintings designed to convey a fantasy environment or atmosphere. This in turn may assist in selling the story to the audience.
A Matte Painter is a Digital Artist who creates artificial backgrounds for film and television or even for publication. At the turn of the century, Matte Painters used oils painted on glass to achieve this process. In the 21st Century the same results are achieved using computers and special editing software. This process using computers allows for much more convincing backgrounds (and occasionally foregrounds) to be rendered in much shorter periods of time. Most Matte Painters use a program called Photoshop to achieve the desired result although other programs such as Painter or Alias Wavefront may be used.
Movies like Star Wars and The Matrix and television series such as Farscape are fantasy-themed and therefore most of the artificial backgrounds used in each scene are Matte Paintings designed to convey a fantasy environment or atmosphere. This in turn may assist in selling the story to the audience.
eg 1. The production company couldn't afford to build an entire set on the backlot so they hired a Matte Painter to 'extend' the existing set and replace the missing backgrounds.
eg 2. It was overcast when they filmed the scene so a Matt Painter was employed to replace the sky plates.
eg 2. It was overcast when they filmed the scene so a Matt Painter was employed to replace the sky plates.
by Maya Lightwave October 12, 2005
Get the Matte Painter mug.Punny Printer is a phrase that relates to an extreamly short pair of shorts, simillar to the term "batty rider" the term punny translates in English to "pussy" the printer part of the phrase is related to the "punny" constantantly rubbing up against or "printing" on the shorts.
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