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Dewey defeats Truman

(Noun) A large blunder or mistake; an inaccuracy
Today our sociology professor said that dolphins are fish. What a Dewey defeats Truman-she should check her facts.

"Shit! After I printed out my essay, I realized I had made a few punctuation and spelling errors."
"Hey, don't worry. It's no Dewey defeats Truman"
by Arthur Henning September 30, 2011
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Throwing a game. Popularised by Youtuber, The Mighty Jingles.
All the enemy had to do was hide and they would have won on points alone, but they snatch defeat from the jaws of victory by trying to win harder.
by Bubalus Bubalis December 3, 2019
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deflatriot

by Kaylarenee1210 May 8, 2015
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One-millimeter defeater

A absolute micropenis (usually on a gay dude) that goes so hard, it’s like getting a shot in your bussy.
Girl ” did you hear Weston has a one-millimeter defeater
Boy ”Yeah, I felt it. It goes hard like me in a playground”
by Penis man :/ April 6, 2022
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day of defeat

A WW2 based mod of half-life. You should not compare it with CS since the two are completely different exept for the fact that its a first person shooter with 2 teams.
by jay January 25, 2004
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To throw away a likely win through idiotic mistakes or dumbassery.
Only Tony Romo can throw for 5 TD and 506 yards and still snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
by Daddy, Mack (ret.) October 6, 2013
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deflatenization

New computing term. Get used to it. The process of converting a flat network to a segmented one. (See VLAN, VLANNING)
The network was deflatenized by KY. The deflatenization was therefore successful.
by KY TO THE JELLY December 30, 2007
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