cincotta
Generally a sports term but but can apply to all walks of life, to jinx someone or something by damning with faint praise. Other synonyms are hoodoo, whammy, bugaboo, and evil eye.
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cincotta
Generally a sports term but but can apply to all walks of life, to jinx someone or something by damning with faint praise. Other synonyms are hoodoo, whammy, bugaboo, and evil eye. cincotta was originally used by Alphated of Philly. It is based on a rabid Yankee fan, the Robin Ficker of message boards.
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A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
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