pittsnoggle

pittsnoggle
 v.— «I was on Dan Patrick’s radio show and he said it sounded like something he did when he was 21 and had too much to drink,” Beilein said, fairly giggling. “Then, I heard Brent Musberger said it during an NBA game when the big kid in Dallas”—Dirk Nowitzki—”stepped out and hit a 3.” The Spurs just got Pittsnogled!» —“Beilein still basks in glow of WVU’s magical season” by Ron Cook Post-Gazette (Pittsurgh, Pa.) Apr. 26, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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