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Mug's Game 

Any game you are more likely to lose than win, no matter how sweet the odds or how much it LOOKS like you'll win.
"Hey man, I'm gonna go play poker with Scott. You in?"
"Hell no, that's a mug's game. Scott's a professional magician, are you stupid? He'll rob you blind."
"Alright man, your loss. I like my chances."
Mug's Game by Fresnel February 9, 2010
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mug's game 

a fool's game... a game of chance ... a random guess
Investors might discover in the weeks ahead that calling a bottom in the housing downturn is a mug's game.
Wall Street Journal Justin Lahart wrote this sentence
mug's game by Jill M. Landsman January 10, 2007

a mug's game 

an activity in which it is foolish to engage because it is likely to be unsuccessful or dangerous.
"playing with drugs is a mug's game"
a mug's game by Arminkshipper January 1, 2025
The Act of being a Mug by doing something stupid.
Stranger 1: Oi Johnson have u heard about that guy who went university but ended up on a building site 40k in debt, what a mug.
Stranger 2: Yeah Joel i have, university is a mugs game, lets go to the pub and headbutt a child.
Mugs game by Johnsonthebigman January 31, 2021
well known from south park
rednecks get angrry that future folk took there jobs so they yell
They took ouare jerbs!
Them future folk took ouare jerbs!
jerb by Jimberley Kim April 7, 2005
Word of the Day on May 22, 2026
An Irish phrase meaning shit, derived from ass
(Not to be confused with the literal description of one's buttocks)
"Did you hear the song Aylek$ dropped?"
"Hardly. Her music is absolute cheeks."

"My boyfriend say LaFlame is cheeks."
"Tell your boyfriend I said it's his mixtape that's cheeks."
Cheeks by thecartisan April 26, 2020
Word of the Day on May 21, 2026

sans sheriff 

Lawless use of fonts or typography, with no regard to aesthetics or legibility
I'm putting this CV straight in the bin. Written totally sans sheriff.
sans sheriff by Jamarley July 3, 2019
Word of the Day on May 20, 2026