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To subvert your new employers business through deception, misdirection or blatant espionage in the purpose of aiding one's former employer. Rooted in the performance of former major leaguer and future hall of famer, Tom Glavine when he signed with New York as a free agent and successfully ended the Mets playoff aspirations in 2007. Upon which he immediately resigned with his former team and division rival Atlanta.
When Tommy started working for Dairy Queen, he skimped on toppings, intentionally overcharged customers and slapped an old lady in an attempt to glavine them for Baskin and Robbins
glavine by Pugs Kobayashi June 16, 2009
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Tom Glavine 

The best MLB pitcher of all time. Spent a majority of his Hall of Fame career with the Atlanta Braves.

305 Career Wins (20 game winner 5 times)
10 time Allstar
2 time Cy Young Award Winner (1991 and 1998)
4 time Silver Slugger Award Winner
1995 World Series MVP
Bobby Cox: "Tommy you're on the hill today. Shut 'em down."

Tom Glavine: "Yes sir coach Bobby Cox sir. Will do."

Bobby Cox: "Can of coooorrn!"
Tom Glavine by skeeble weebop March 2, 2010
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When something's bad is happening that you could prevent, but you film it instead.
I saw a man walking towards a pothole while looking at his phone. So I gavined him.
gavined by rtfanboy April 19, 2015

gavinelli 

forcing a girl to have sex with you by forcing her to take multiple shots of whiskey.

usually ends up in the girl running out of the house scared.
Charlie gavinellied Autumn last night!

rape
gavinelli by fatcanadian October 21, 2010

GavinE_WWE 

The most underrated IWC account on twitter.
Oh look, It's GavinE_WWE! Boy is he underrated!
GavinE_WWE by Gavin_E_ May 19, 2021
A very nice person and is very cute. Gets pissed easily but makes sure to make things right. Usually nice to women but gets bored and annoyed easily. He’s funny,but sometimes annoying as hell. Big dick and big personality.
Remember Glavin from the bar yesterday? He seemed pretty chill.
Glavin by GiantDickDave May 24, 2018

Gavinese 

A Large empire founded by their Lord and Saviour Gavin
Long live the Gavinese Empire.
Gavinese by Darkhart1213 March 27, 2021
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So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
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Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
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