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shankopotamus 

A golfer gravely afflicted by the "s" word of golf--the shanks (i.e., hitting the ball off the hosel of the club, resulting in shots that go pretty much dead right with relatively little distance).
A bad golfer, like from the etrade commercial a shankopotamus
shankopotamus by Stewisawesome February 1, 2009

shankopotomus 

when a golfer is shanking the ball so bad he might as well be a hippopotomus.
Gayton is seriously a shankopotomus today.
shankopotomus by ezell714 February 2, 2009

shankopotomus 

derived from the word shank, word meaning to hit a golf ball to the side of the course opposite the golfer's stance.
Shankopotomus defines a golfer with a propensity for this error. Someone who is a large shanker. Double extra huge shanker. A shanker extraordinaire. Frank.
Go in the woods to find your ball- shankopotomus.
shankopotomus by islandchief October 24, 2009

shankopotamus 

When someone very, very badly hits a golf ball in a high-pressure situation. This also applies to field goal kicks where the kicker badly chokes. This word is the portmanteau of shank (as hitting a golf ball way off course) and hippopotamus. This word is designed to conjure up images of the worst choke performance you can imagine.
It came down to the last hole, and Gary did a complete shankopotamus. The ball traveled about 10 feet off the tee into the water. He never recovered, lost the round, and lost the game.
shankopotamus by evilelvis94 January 15, 2022

shankapotimus 

A hippo that is an assasin.
"Don't get on that hippo's bad side, I heard he was a shankapotimus"
shankapotimus by Sarah-Marie April 5, 2009
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
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