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While many people lost more money than I did on the Super Bowl, none lost theirs as stupidly. On Nov. 10, I overheard my co-worker Josh Tyrangiel, who is from Baltimore, say he was going to put $10 down in Vegas on the Ravens' winning the Super Bowl, for a 20-1 payout of $200. Despite the fact that I knew nothing about the Ravens, oddsmaking, or, sadly, something called "the vig," I was convinced he was wrong and offered to be his bookie. Turns out accepting one bet isn't how most bookies make their living. Oddly, collecting...
...Josh Bliesath, a senior in Leverett House, tied a noose around a red bear, and waved it ominously over the ice. As the Big Red took the ice after the second intermission, Bliesath tossed its head on the ice near Cornell goaltender Matt Underhill in symbolic fashion...
...began when Josh Kopelman went online to find a copy of John Grisham's The Testament. He was about to spend $20 to buy it new on Amazon, but he decided to see if there were any copies listed on eBay. There were 12 up for auction, starting for as low as $1. And nobody was bidding on them...
...reminded of those Naderites the other day when I was watching a "Sports Night" rerun on Comedy Central. Dan, a television sportscaster played by Josh Charles, has been ordered by the network to make an on-air apology to viewers because he said in a magazine interview that he supports the legalization of marijuana. He stands by his opinion and balks at apologizing. His boss Isaac (Robert Guillaume) agrees, but tells him to do it anyway "because it's television and this is how it's done." Dan replies, "Yeah, well sitting in the back...
...JOSH HEUPEL Okla. QB loses Heisman to Fla. State QB, then smokes him in Orange Bowl to win nat'l title...