cup-cake
v.— «In its last season before joining Big Ten hoops, Penn State is cup-caking it with UMBC, Morgan, Drexel, Miami (O), Buffalo, Lafayette, Cleveland State, Columbia, Toledo, etc. How would you like to be in charge of selling season tickets?» —“But I only used them two days” by Phil Jackman Baltimore Evening Sun (Md.) July 24, 1991. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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