A reference to how hard work can be outdone by luck in some instances, such as how a miner could work in the caves and a gambler could win more money than him in a casino.
person 1: Did you hear that Darragh fella won a free chicken roll last night?
person 2: Well, you know what they say, you can beat the miner, but you can't beat the gambler!
person 2: Well, you know what they say, you can beat the miner, but you can't beat the gambler!
by aaaREDaaa June 14, 2023

the mine shaft this bloke digs up is up his nose hes always sticking it up always finding new ways. he is retarted
once he used a tissue as a shovel and ate that shit right up
once he used a tissue as a shovel and ate that shit right up
by so_povish747 June 29, 2023

by Minge miner May 17, 2016

A person who hangs out with you because you're "smart," "cracked," or just useful. Basically their personal ChatGPT. Where gold diggers realistically can only dig a few romantic partners at a time, a data miner can get away with mining dozens of people.
Commonly found at UWaterloo.
Commonly found at UWaterloo.
Kevin: "Emily just texted me for the first time all semester... asking for my notes."
Raj: "Did she even say hi?"
Kevin: "Nope. Straight to business. Classic data miner."
Raj: "Did she even say hi?"
Kevin: "Nope. Straight to business. Classic data miner."
by califctn February 12, 2025

Tongue-in-cheek reference to Texaco's seemingly-insignificant error of drilling a 14"-diameter bore-hole into da roof of da Diamond Crystal Salt Company's hacked-out chasm underneath Lake Pigneur; as we all know, though, said comparatively-tiny geological puncture was ANYTHING BUT "miner" --- I mean, minor!
Poking a merely-foot-two-inch-diameter hole into da roof of a hollowed-out salt-cavern may indeed not sound very serious or dangerous, but when you consider dat (1) there was an entire lake on top of said fissure, and (2) da material surrounding said unintended vent was largely composed of readily-dissolvable salt --- which of course would just erode away and thus rapidly make said erroneous orifice progressively bigger --- said "miner mistake" was hardly "small potatoes", after all!!
by QuacksO December 31, 2023

by RZnmbr1 August 28, 2025

by sgt_miner March 18, 2025
