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

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 04, 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

spoke

In poker a spoke is the hand A2345 also known as a wheel. Use of the term is gaining popularity particularly in Nevada and Southern California, primarily because it can be conveniently used as a verb, as in the example below.

The donkey in the 4-seat thought he was getting at least half the pot but I spoked him on the river.

by TheGameKat June 06, 2009

permatilt

In poker an extreme form of tilt that can be produced by taking an exceptionally bad beat. The implication is that a player receiving such a bad beat will be so emotionally disturbed that they will play recklessly for the rest of their lives (permanent + tilt). While no unambiguous examples of the phenomenon have ever been reported the term is frequently used to indicate extreme emotional distress at the poker table.

"I get all-in versus this donkey with AA and flop quads. He's playing The Kat and runner-runners his miracle cards to make a straight flush. I've been on permatilt ever since."

by TheGameKat March 11, 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

Freudian Slope

Freudian Slope is an informal term for the change in the degree of a patient's neuroses resulting from psychoanalysis. It is usually used negatively as in the example below. The coinage is often attributed to Woody Allen, but there is no evidence for this in his screenplays or interviews.

Is your therapist helping you become less crazy?

Nah I've been sliding down the Freudian Slope.

by TheGameKat June 07, 2009