cupcake
v.— «I don’t care if Dan Grande cupcakes his way to victory; I’m just wishing that he would throw it down against the big dogs once in a while.» —“Kyle Reid 5k” by John Buffalo Runners Forum June 18, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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