A really great amusement park that is about 5 minutes away from my house.
Person 1: "Have you ridden the Dragster??"
Person 2: "What- you mean the tallest, fastest ride on the planet? Yeah, twice."
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A shot from some sort of projectile weapon whether it is from a gun or even a thrown object that has been made at very close proximity to the intended target which is normaly less than 20' away.
Bob being in point blank range was hit by a shot from a shotgun which completely blew off his hand.
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Addressing the participants of a conference call while your phone is on mute.
It was ten minutes before Robert realized that the eloquent argument he made was actually a mute point.
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In the National Hockey League, a team is awarded a single point in the standings when losing the game in overtime or in a shootout (they receive 0 points if they lose in regulation time) while the winning team is awarded 2 points. This single point is sometimes referred to as the "Leafs' Point" because it is the primary way that the Toronto Maple Leafs accumulate points in the standings due to their low number of regulation wins.
The Red Wings blew a 3 goal lead and lost to Edmonton in overtime, but at least they still picked up the Leafs' point.
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A person that bases all transactions around the goal of acquiring "points" from a retailer's reward system. In many cases, these points are earned at the cost of pennies on the dollar. Very common with people that travel for work, and horde airline, hotel and credit card points.
Steve is a point whore, because he opted to stay at the Marriott across town for the points, instead of the Hilton across the street from his client's office..
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(n.) A crucial situation, contradiction, or contention, with importance conveyed by context and tone. Synonyms include sticky wicket, sticky widget.
Lulu's sticking point was not which nail polish to use on her Lee press-on fingernails. Sparkly polish always did the trick. Rather -- which would be better for the toes? Puke green?
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The points (hypothetical or otherwise) awarded to someone when they perform a particularly difficult or cool looking act.
-Chad got massive style points from that 360.
-Nice crash dude! Style points!
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