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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
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The exact meaning of those stylish words?
Context:
1) crazy gorilla math = crazy intuition?
2) a decent shot of coming true = an honest imagination that it will come true?
3) patting myself on the back = comforting me?
Context:
Five out-on-a-limb fantasy predictions for 2013
What would the end of summer be without a few wild fantasy predictions? These are five predictions I have for the upcoming season that, based on my crazy gorilla math, have a decent shot of coming true. If they hit, I'm sure I'll be all over Twitter patting myself on the back. If they don't, I'll just pretend I never said anything and hope by December everyone forgets. Let's see how I do.
MOre:
http://m.usatoday.com/article/sports/2730477
1) crazy gorilla math = crazy intuition?
2) a decent shot of coming true = an honest imagination that it will come true?
3) patting myself on the back = comforting me?
Context:
Five out-on-a-limb fantasy predictions for 2013
What would the end of summer be without a few wild fantasy predictions? These are five predictions I have for the upcoming season that, based on my crazy gorilla math, have a decent shot of coming true. If they hit, I'm sure I'll be all over Twitter patting myself on the back. If they don't, I'll just pretend I never said anything and hope by December everyone forgets. Let's see how I do.
MOre:
http://m.usatoday.com/article/sports/2730477
Top answer
1) crazy gorilla math = outlandish calculations using probabilities and statistics 2) a decent shot of coming true = a reasonable chance of happening 3) patting myself on the back = congratulating myself.
- 1) crazy gorilla math = outlandish calculations using probabilities and statistics 2) a decent shot of coming true = a reasonable chance of happening 3) patting myself on the back = congratulating myself.
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1) crazy gorilla math = outlandish calculations using probabilities and statistics
2) a decent shot of coming true = a reasonable chance of happening
3) patting myself on the back = congratulating myself.
2) a decent shot of coming true = a reasonable chance of happening
3) patting myself on the back = congratulating myself.
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1) crazy gorilla math = crazy intuition? No, bad and unreliable math calculations
2) a decent shot of coming true = an honest imagination that it will come true? No, a good chance of coming true
3) patting myself on the back = comforting me? No, congratulating myself
2) a decent shot of coming true = an honest imagination that it will come true? No, a good chance of coming true
3) patting myself on the back = comforting me? No, congratulating myself
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