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flush the mouse 

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screwing something up, originated on The Tony Kornheiser Show podcast by ESPN luminary Tony Kornheiser.
Boy Jim, your report was terrible. Next time you better not flush the mouse or we may have to let you go.
flush the mouse by mennosimons March 21, 2024
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Flush the Mouse 

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verb - To botch, bungle, or otherwise screw up in the heat of the moment, often out of a sense of panic.
"Man, our TV satellite signal went down right before kickoff on Sunday, so I freaked out and climbed up on the roof. I ended up knocking the dish off its mount and down two stories onto the diveway - a real flush the mouse situation on that one."
Flush the Mouse by shibby917 March 27, 2024
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flush the mouse 

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When one, in a fit of anxiety and unsure of the best next steps, makes a rash an ill-advised decision leading to a bad outcome. Originally conceived and made famous on the Tony Kornheiser Show.
I wasn't even sure what state Oakland was in, but I only had two more minutes to submit my bracket, so I picked Kentucky to win. Man, I really flushed the mouse on that one.

Tony: I didn't know what to do with this dead mouse. So, I thought, "I know! I'll flush the mouse."
Michael: Oh, no.
flush the mouse by xSD-305x March 27, 2024
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Flush the Mouse 

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To screw up, to fold under pressure, to do the wrong thing at the wrong time.
Stony Brook was in the lead, but then those choking dogs did what they do best, Flush the Mouse, and lost by 22.
Flush the Mouse by TK’s Littles March 27, 2024
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funiosity 

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The art of being peculiar, but in an amusing fashion.
"Wow, look at that dog running on three legs"
- "Yeah, that sure is a funiosity"
funiosity by Supersonic Stevie November 23, 2007
Word of the Day on July 25, 2026
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Toe Rag 

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A toe rag was originally a foot wrapping used, since mediaeval times up until the mid-nineteenth century, to protect the foot from chafing by boots or shoes. As these were, quite literally, rags they weren’t usually washed, and so with use they became very smelly until they were thrown away. Because of the similarity in smell, toe rag also became the name applied to dried, salted cod or other things with a strong, unpleasant, fishy smell. It didn’t take that long before the name was applied to someone who was an obnoxious, unpleasant OIC.
1 “Socks! Those aren’t socks you smelly git, they’re toe rags!”
2 “What have you been cooking? Smells like toe rag!”
3 “I can smell ‘er fanny from ‘ere, proper toe rag.”
4 That Heale Malcolm is a right toe rag.
Toe Rag by AKACroatalin November 29, 2016
Word of the Day on July 24, 2026
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