TheGameKat's definitions

Scorpio

A sign of the Zodiac purported to produce the least desirable romantic partners, as exemplified in Robyn Hitchcock's song 'The Devil's Coachman.' From verse 2:

"If he treats you horribly, he's probably a Scorpio"

The term can be applied to men, women, or other.

"Why did you break up with Jill? She's a knock-out?"

"Yeah and she's a Scorpio."

by TheGameKat December 9, 2008

scoop

A term used in "split-pot" poker games to mean winning both the high and the low pots.

When the four hit the river it made my wheel and I scooped the pot.

by TheGameKat June 6, 2009

bowhead

A female undergraduate student who invariably walks around campus with a large bow in her hair. The species was common in the early 1990s and can still be found in remote parts of the US such as Kansas.

Professor Zepf: "How are the students in your intro class?"

Professor Ashman: "Fifty bowheads and the football team. Again."

by TheGameKat March 11, 2009

Anna Karenina

In Texas Hold 'em one of several names given to the hole cards AK. The term is used primarily by weak players who spend most of them time in poker forum chat rooms rather than developing their poker skills.

"I got dealt Anna Karenina on the button and it was open-folded to me, but, like, you know I just had this feeling if I raised I'd get called by T7 and they'd flop a boat so I folded."

by TheGameKat March 11, 2009

Boomed on

In poker analysis the experience of posting a hand history at an online forum and getting ripped to shreds by a lengthy response by poker theoretician IABoomer.

I posted my bust-out hand from the Stars Sunday million and got seriously boomed on.

by TheGameKat February 18, 2008

hasbian

A woman who slept with other women while at college and who ceased doing so upon graduation.

"You hear Susan got married?"

"I thought she was a lesbian?"

"Nah, hasbian."

by TheGameKat August 4, 2008

perma-tilt

A condition produced when a poker player receives such a bad beat that s/he will forever play poorly and erratically.

'Man, when I hit that one-outer Senor Foldo totally flipped. Real perma-tilt job.'

by TheGameKat February 13, 2008