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Cometishian
A structure of tournament which has more skill and less luck. No buyins, no cash prizes. More a game of skill, a real cometishian, a sport.
Neil Channing was excited by the big cash buyin, big cash prize, skill-less luckfest, lazy non sport poker tournament that was running at his local casino.
Neil Channing was later disappointed when he heard the tournament had taken a 'Cometishian' style format where there were no buyins or cash prizes, a greater degree of skill was required and the event became more of a sport, a Cometishian.
Neil Channing was later disappointed when he heard the tournament had taken a 'Cometishian' style format where there were no buyins or cash prizes, a greater degree of skill was required and the event became more of a sport, a Cometishian.
Cometishian by Gullanian November 24, 2010
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Comentism • Commutism • cometishian • Cohenism • cementimetre • cementista • Clientism • Cobenism • coments • comentos
Cohenism
Word and/or phrase that reflects the character Seth Cohen on the show The O.C. Can be a form of sarcasm that Seth usually uses throughout the show.
Seth: Happy Chrismukkah! Eight days of presents, followed by one day of many presents.
Seth: You remember the meatloaf incident of '98?
Kirsten Cohen: That was brisket.
Seth: That's my point exactly.
Seth: Dude. You're a Cohen now. Welcome to a life of insecurity and paralyzing self-doubt.
Wow. You have mastered sarcasm. Lay of the cohenisms, will ya?
Seth: You remember the meatloaf incident of '98?
Kirsten Cohen: That was brisket.
Seth: That's my point exactly.
Seth: Dude. You're a Cohen now. Welcome to a life of insecurity and paralyzing self-doubt.
Wow. You have mastered sarcasm. Lay of the cohenisms, will ya?
Cohenism by hellokitty117 May 24, 2007
Cometishian
A cometishian is a sport that involves real skill. Entry is open to any person who wishes to take part, regardless of their skill level.
They should make the WSOP a play money tournement.
No buy-ins, and no cash prizes. Just the braclet and glory. Also, this way the game will be seen less as gambling and more a game of skill, a real cometishian, a sport.
No buy-ins, and no cash prizes. Just the braclet and glory. Also, this way the game will be seen less as gambling and more a game of skill, a real cometishian, a sport.
Cometishian by Jabba021 November 21, 2010
cometishian
A cometishian is an event that is open to anyone. It has no buyins, and no cash prizes.
It is a technique applied by tournament directors to make a tournament take a direction which involves less gambling, a more skill based tournament if you will.
Advocates of cometishian style tournaments say that the game becomes a sport, with no cash prize but the winner takes the glory and perhaps some token jewellery.
It is a technique applied by tournament directors to make a tournament take a direction which involves less gambling, a more skill based tournament if you will.
Advocates of cometishian style tournaments say that the game becomes a sport, with no cash prize but the winner takes the glory and perhaps some token jewellery.
Jamie Gold wanted to enter the WSOP but he was broke, luckily at the last minute the TD (tournament director) decided that he wanted his cash tournament to be more skill based with no buyins and no cash prizes, just glory. At the cage, Jamie Gold was told he could enter because the tournament had now taken the cometishian style format.
cometishian by Gullanian November 20, 2010
commutism
The act of the HR department deciding that people who live outside of Manhattan don't need to come to work while those within Manhattan do.
Man - I can't believe this commutism, the people in Jersey get to stay home while I wait for a bus that won't come and have to show up to the office.
commutism by B-Sauce the boss February 9, 2010
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dead drop
A dead drop is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet.
Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. Drug dealers use this as well.
A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.
A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
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A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
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No Surprises Wedding
A "No Surprises Wedding," or NSW, is a wedding invitation designation that tells attendees that there can be no unplanned announcements, engagements, events or speeches at the wedding - all actions must be pre-approved by the couple. Anyone who performs an unapproved "surprise" will be asked to leave the wedding early.
This designation comes from Reddit, where so many stories of bad wedding behavior indicated a need to communicate expectations for the wedding behavior of attendees.
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You are cordially invited to the nuptials of Brian and Tom on October 31 at noon.
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ulzzang
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