When an NFL team manages to lose a game by less than a touchdown when they deserved to lose by more, or manages to find new and interesting ways to lose by less than a touchdown for years on end.
Forward down the field,
A charging team that will not yield.
And when the Blue and Silver wave,
Stand and cheer the brave.
Rah, Rah, Rah.
Go hard, win the game.
With honor you will keep your fame.
Down the field and gain,
A Lion victory!
A school dedicated for the education of Christian values. They center their education around the bible; the staff's mild sexism, covert racism, and blatant homophobic attitudes will truly make you feel right at home.
And even though the school is in a poor area, I can't think of a single time that there has been any outreach to struggling families. In fact, they dedicate most of their money to contribute to the impressive church, and haven't bothered to update any of the student facilities since 1994.
And they tried to cover up a girl getting raped by a janitor.
"I love how the bathrooms smell at Victory Christian School, and I've always felt respected by their staff."
"Haha, wait, are you being serious?"
A “sideways victory” is an expression that describes an accomplishment that the popular opinion may not fully recognize, but an accomplishment which those who can adjust their perspectives may see the value in. Imagine; the letter V sideways may look like < , > , ^ , or even another angle. In order to see it in the upright position, you must either turn your head or the screen/paper you are reading on.
Similarly, in life, some circumstances or wins may not seem desirable or victorious from one perspective, but upon shifting your mindset, you may begin to see the victory in the circumstance or win. A sideways victory is a situation that you may not originally be able to see the good in, but after some thought or a shift in perspective, begin to notice the positive in.
When the pizza delivery arrived, Kelly noticed that they had gotten the toppings wrong.
“We ordered chicken and bacon. This is sausage and bacon… What’s up with that pizza place?” Kelly said to her roommate Winona, who had ordered the pizza. Kelly was upset at first that their order wasn’t delivered correctly.
“They were out of chicken when I ordered, so I asked for sausage instead.” Said Winona. “It’s not exactly what we wanted, but they gave us some coupons for a free pizza next time and some free cheesy bread sticks.”
“That’s kind of nice I guess. Sausage isn’t so bad and next time we’ll get the chicken for free. I like cheesy bread. A sideways victory.” Said Kelly.
After thinking about it, Kelly decided that the sausage and bacon pizza was still good despite being different from what she expected, and that the coupons and free bread were enough to make up for the pizza place’s lack of chicken. It was a sideways victory, but a victory nonetheless.
When you absolutely own someone and even though you win the argument you still don't get to do what you wanted to do for a completely different reason, but you can still go away with a smug feeling. Just to rub it in their faces you could shout Shame at them and rub your two pointing fingers together at them.
There is a normal queue and a fast track queue for zorbing.
Zorb Operator: All people in pink shirts please go to the back of the normal queue because your fast-track time has expired.
Peeps in Pink Shirts: No, I'll get my Mum on you!
Mum: Let them have a go now!!
Zorb Operator: No...
You: Shame (do the shame gesture)
Zorb Operator: Actually it's too windy now so you'll all have to go home...
You leave annoyed that you didn't get a go but very smug that you completely owned those pink people...
Pink Victory!
When a victorious person grabs the front of their shirt and pulls in a quick motion.
Luke was winning in cards all night. He ended every victorious round with a victory pull!
a brazen declaration of victory full-well knowing you lost
originated from Pete Buttigieg’s celebration of a victory in the 2020 Iowa caucus, before the results that he had not won had come out
“He came 3rd”
“Wtf? He’s telling everyone he won!”
“Ugh, he’s declaring a Pete victory?”
A celebration after a long awaited victory in a game or sport.
Alan finally beat the finally boss in Donkey Kong 64 and decided to set a Victory Fire.