Atlanta

I think I’ve come up with a spiffy new word for Urban Dictionary:

Atlanta- the fine art of gaining an incredible lead at the outset, then choking in spectacularly awful fashion to a bunch of Yankees and getting obliterated.

See also:

Sherman v Hood,

Brady’s March to the Sea,
2020 Braves’ Smallpox Epidemic.

Everything looked great at the blackjack table until I pulled an Atlanta and lost my house!