Similar to one's frame of reference, a guy uses a game-of-reference to help jog his memory of something important that has happened, but he can't exactly remember when it happened or the circumstances surrounding it. This most always refers to some sporting event the guy was at or was watching. This is an especially helpful tool to recall mundane things your wife/gf tells you and expects you to remember.
John: "Bro, it's time to fucking pregame and slay some fuckmeat."
Tom: "Huh? It's 7:15 and we usually don't start until 9. When did we change it?"
John: "Don't you remember me telling you Sunday?"
Tom (after thinking a minute using football as a game-of-reference): "Ohhh ya, that was during the Packers/Cardinals playoff game. I remember you telling me right after regulation ended."
Tom: "Huh? It's 7:15 and we usually don't start until 9. When did we change it?"
John: "Don't you remember me telling you Sunday?"
Tom (after thinking a minute using football as a game-of-reference): "Ohhh ya, that was during the Packers/Cardinals playoff game. I remember you telling me right after regulation ended."
by SethC December 2, 2010
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proper couple-culture reference
A: Hey B, x?
B: Haha, x! Good times.
improper couple-culture reference
C: GUYS
B+A: yes?
C: x x x x x x x
B+A: lol
A: Hey B, x?
B: Haha, x! Good times.
improper couple-culture reference
C: GUYS
B+A: yes?
C: x x x x x x x
B+A: lol
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Get the couple-culture reference mug.A period of time between 1987 to 2000 where most Television media, specifically comedies, used references as a sense of humor, notably comedies on NBC had this in mind. The shows have a huge audience for people without internet access and have never had an interest in newer comedies.
Guy 1: Seinfeld is an Era of References show, for example, the episode "The Scofflaw" has Kramer in an eyepatch, referencing Nick Fury from the Avengers.
Guy 2: Oh, and is Friends an Era of References show?
Guy 1: Yes, in the episode "The One With The Breast Milk", Joey is in a Cowboy outfit, referencing The Lone Ranger.
Guy 2: Oh, and is Friends an Era of References show?
Guy 1: Yes, in the episode "The One With The Breast Milk", Joey is in a Cowboy outfit, referencing The Lone Ranger.
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Get the tv girl reference mug.That is not what happened and that's not what I was doing. I meet all the criteria and you do not and you are only doing this to make some point about but your counter-veiling fiction regarding what happened at the fucking group home.
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Get the It'S jUsT a ReFeReNcE mug.Law's Theory of Chess References has two main points.
1. After a while, in any argument, debate or discussion, there will inevitably be a reference to a chess piece, chess tactic, chess master, or something Chess like.
“Control of the patent rights will signal checkmate to their actions against us.”
“You don’t have to be a chess master to understand how this simple pyramid scheme will make us all rich. Yes a check, make it out to cash, will be quite acceptable”
“ The Wrestler considered his suplex the best part of his end-game arsenal.”
Note: It is not a Chess reference if you refer to a disreputable rapscallion, as having a ‘Checkered past”
2. In any sporting event, no more than ten minutes into the start of any contest, one or several of the sportscasters will utter some variation of "It's a chess match, with these two coaches, every time they meet in competition."
Note in the final 2 minutes of any NBA or NCAA College Basketball game, any substitution of good rebounders, good outside shooters, taller defenders, versus best free throw percentage shooters, requires that one or more sports commentators speak these words:
1. After a while, in any argument, debate or discussion, there will inevitably be a reference to a chess piece, chess tactic, chess master, or something Chess like.
“Control of the patent rights will signal checkmate to their actions against us.”
“You don’t have to be a chess master to understand how this simple pyramid scheme will make us all rich. Yes a check, make it out to cash, will be quite acceptable”
“ The Wrestler considered his suplex the best part of his end-game arsenal.”
Note: It is not a Chess reference if you refer to a disreputable rapscallion, as having a ‘Checkered past”
2. In any sporting event, no more than ten minutes into the start of any contest, one or several of the sportscasters will utter some variation of "It's a chess match, with these two coaches, every time they meet in competition."
Note in the final 2 minutes of any NBA or NCAA College Basketball game, any substitution of good rebounders, good outside shooters, taller defenders, versus best free throw percentage shooters, requires that one or more sports commentators speak these words:
"Yet another substitution, Yes, it has become a chess match, " and the Color Commentator again paid homage to Law's Theory of Chess References before the 3rd quarter.
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Audience: "HAHAAHAHAHAGAGAGAGAGGAYHAHAHHAGAGAHGAAHHAHAHAHAAHHAAHHAHA... what"
Josh: ":( if you don't get the reference, just don't laugh..."
EJ: "HAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHHHAHAHHAHHAHAHHHAHHHAHAAAAAAA"
Audience: "HAHAAHAHAHAGAGAGAGAGGAYHAHAHHAGAGAHGAAHHAHAHAHAAHHAAHHAHA... what"
Josh: ":( if you don't get the reference, just don't laugh..."
EJ: "HAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHHHAHAHHAHHAHAHHHAHHHAHAAAAAAA"
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