court 18

A stand-still in a sports game.

Nicolas Mahut and John Isner were on court 18 forever in Wimbledon.

Court 18

Used when referring to an activity, particularly a sporting event, that has gone on much longer than originally intended i.e. quintuple overtime. Derived from the Wimbledon tennis match that was played on court 18 and lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes between Nicolas Mahut and John Isner.

This beer pong game has had so many overtimes we must be playing on court 18

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