Idioms I'd Like To See Slip Into Public Use More For The Show Of Approval It Would Give To Playing Computer Games Than Because Of Their Actual Merit As Idioms

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Blue Shelled, as in "I just got blue-shelled" / "my project got blue-shelled". There is nothing more frustrating than the horrible targetting of the Blue Shell that picks on you only because you have proved yourself to be the best at Mario Kart. For every situation in life when you've been viciously picked upon and taken out because you were beating other people...

Black Mesa, as in "it went all Black Mesa". If you're out of touch with life then you won't realise that Black Mesa is the research base in Half-Life that through meddling with powers it doesn't understand effectively opens up the portal to very bad things. Black Mesa ends up getting invaded by para-dimensional monsters, US government black-ops, aliens, and a nuclear bomb. An apt metaphor for life.

Holding their breath for ten minutes, as in "He can hold his breath for ten minutes". Useful if you want to explain to someone in a polite way that someone else has one unique ability, but otherwise is very talented. Also useful if you want to show off your knowledge of early 90's Lucasarts point and click adventures.


Your Comments

Sarah Rules

Haha, blue shelled.

I find it's often used by boyfriends or sisters who are losing badly to you for the fifth time in a row

Paul

I'll hazard a guess that you've not closed some tags here. It's all bold boyyyyy!

Mark

I was trying to close the </stong> tag. Oops.

eponymous

Now that's fixed. I'd like to point out that the breath for 10 minute thing is a bit of joke already, by the way surely you mean otherwise is talentless?!?

Surely more potential down this line anyway...

Three-headed monkey?

Supermum

Guybrush Threepwood rules!

Sheepie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPutYwiiE0o


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