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Upperhook

/ˈʌpəhʊk/

a punch to the body in boxing, MMA and various other combat sports that combines a hook with an uppercut, resulting in the punch being delivered with a diagonal motion and the arm bent.

"Ricky Hatton broke Castillo's ribs with that upperhook!"

by Matt Windle poet February 20, 2021


Mesmereyesed

/ˈmɛzmərʌɪzed/

to be besotted with or transfixed by the eyes of (someone).

"The moment that I stared into them I was mesmereyesed."

by Matt Windle poet February 25, 2021


Inwhoencer

/ˈɪnhʊənsə/

a person with a modest social media following that refers to themself as an 'influencer.'

This guy with 50 followers is calling himself an 'influencer' but he's more of a 'inwhoencer.'

by Matt Windle poet March 22, 2021


THABTO

/ˈθabtəʊ/

two heads are better than one (expressing the view that it's helpful to have the advice or opinion of a second person.

Person 1: "I'll help you to think of names for your new business if you want?"
Person 2: "Aw, will you really?"
Person 1: "Of course I will - THABTO!"

by Matt Windle poet March 04, 2021


Wobbing and Beaving

a failed attempt to successfully use the boxing defence technique of 'bobbing and weaving.'

"I told him to bob and weave but even when he moves his head he gets punched. It's not so much bobbing and weaving as it is wobbing and beaving!"

by Matt Windle poet February 23, 2021


Ventence

/ˈvɛnt(ə)ns/

the overlapping of words within a sentence to form an expression with both the words that precede it and the words that follow.

"There is no chance of golden repairs from the land of the RISING SUN, SETS instead on the horizon of false hopes."

You can have a rising sun and a sunset. 'Land of the rising sunset' is a ventence.

Someone may be a sorry sight or a sight for sore eyes but a 'sorry sight for sore eyes' is a ventence.

by Matt Windle poet February 27, 2021


Balloonertic

/bəˈlu nətɪk/

A person that has a balloon infatuation.

What do you call a person that infatuated with balloons? A balloonertic!

by Matt Windle poet November 13, 2020