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To "give bat" is to firmly resist someone's romantic advances. It use is occasionally also extended to more general cases of being turned down.

It is a South African slang term, that probably first appeared in 1990s. It most likely has its origins in cricket - the metaphor being one of a bowler attempting to bowl a batsman out by bowling at the stumps, only to have to have the batsman play a non-scoring, blocking shot by placing his bat solidly in the balls trajectory.
I tried to kiss her at the party, but she gave me bat.

He got bat from all the girls last night.

He'll get bat if he asks her out.
Get bat by Quarkman January 15, 2010
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Get Batmanned 

When somebody's parents are murder or both die unexpectedly.
You're gonna have to learn this on your own son, your mother and I could get batmanned any day
Get Batmanned by Areese May 16, 2021

GARY, THERE’S A BOMB STRAPPED TO MY CHEST! IT’S GONNA EXPLODE IN THREE SECONDS UNLESS YOU GET A BATH!

When you want your pet named Gary to get a bath, so you strap a bomb to your chest in an attempt to scare him in to doing it.
Robert:“GARY, THERE’S A BOMB STRAPPED TO MY CHEST! IT’S GONNA EXPLODE IN THREE SECONDS UNLESS YOU GET A BATH!”

Gary:”Meow”

(Robert explodes)

Get Outta My Bathroom 

Ugh!!! Get outta my bathroom.
Get Outta My Bathroom by Tony B. November 4, 2003

get the dog into the bathtub 

You're screwing a girl in the ass. You try to get your nuts up in there as well. It's about as tough as trying to get the dog into the bathtub.
If you have a tuna can, it really is impossible to get the dog into the bathtub.

the battle of ni and pog to get ggers 

which side
po: I DECLARE THE LAND OF GGERS IS MINE BY THE ALLPOWERFUL DECLARATION OF THIS TREATY OF LAND
ni: WE DO NOT FOLLOW THE RULES OF THE NATION OF PO, WE ARE MUCH GREATER THAN YOU PUNY WEAKLINGS
po: WE SHALL BEGIN THE BATTLE OF NI AND POG TO GET GGERS
-world war 3 starts-
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”
Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026
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