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Spalding

Noun: A popular basketball brand

Verb: An extension from the urban slang use of Malding. A combination of the words Super, Mad, and Balding. Most popularized from the gaming video website www.twitch.tv and the subsequent definition of someone raging in front of a computer screen when any arbitrary triggering event is happening in front of the observing entertainer.
Verb: "Lol, dude is spalding from the L-streak."

Noun: "Hand me that spalding there."

Verb: "Throw that spalding baby."
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The Spalding effect

The Spalding effect is that of a coworker on another coworker, one inspiring the other to stop working and leave their job as soon as possible. The individual embodying ‘the spalding effect’ could be described as a bad influence.
‘The Spalding effect was evident amongst the senior members in his new workplace.’
by Verbatim37 September 2, 2025
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