spit game
v.— «I’m entirely comfortable around females; I can’t spit game, but I can talk to a stranger in a bar with the same degree of comfort as I have around old friends.» —“Let’s be friends” by Ian would say MonkeyFilter July 9, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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