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shoot the albatross

V.
to bring bad luck by accident/circumstance; to jinx.

Taken from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", a narrative poem in which a sailor shoots and kills an albatross, a seabird said to bring good luck to sailors. The killer is cursed to spend eternity wandering the Antarctic Ocean unless he confesses his sin.

He drifts alone for several years, but finally prays for forgiveness and is saved, gaining a respect for God's creation in the process (the moral of the poem).

Invented at Michigan Lutheran High School.
Bob: We lost the football playoffs; who shot the albatross?
Alice: I did; I accidentally spilled some salt at lunch...

Alice: Don't cross your legs when playing poker. That's the poker equivalent of shooting an albatross.

Bob: If you end up on the cover of a Madden game, you'll shoot the albatross, so to speak, and end your career.
by HC Drezz March 23, 2011
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Shooting Star

Swirling a used condom around and releasing it at great speed towards someone. This creates a shooting star effect
I had a posh wank on the airplane and sent a shooting star down the aisle
by Eddy The Hero August 16, 2008
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Shooting Range

Where a man typically masturbates. Has a subtle scent of semen and has plenty of spent tissue paper nearby. Sometimes there are discolorations on the walls from poorly aimed ejaculations.
"Be back in an hour boys, I'm going to the shooting range to fire off a couple shots. Anyone want any earplugs?"
by Camboner April 25, 2014
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crap shoot

slim chance of occurance
Betting on the horses is a crap shoot
by Roger of Moore's Law April 27, 2004
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Poop-shooting

The act of aiming your urine like a missile to remove a poop stain left in the bowl of the toilet by the last user.
The toilet bowl was so filthy that while Josh relieved himself he partook in a bit of poop-shooting. But he was only able to remove part of the enormous skid mark.
by Boris Greshenko January 11, 2012
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drive-by shooting

people r drivin around in a car and wanna kill some mutha fuckaz, they find some people and stick a gun out the window at em and start unloadin
he pulled a drive- by on those mother fuckers
by nick June 24, 2004
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shooting star

when you're jacking off in complete darkness, you finish the deed and the semen that shoots off illuminates in the dark, looking like a shooting star in the night sky
Damn, that shooting star hit my wall.
by wowser77 October 5, 2009
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