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two-and-barbecue

two-and-barbecue
 other.— «That’s not the word I’d choose if my school had lost a bowl game by a score of 41-0, been bounced from the NCAA basketball tournament in the first round, and turned in seven straight “two and barbecue” performances in Omaha.» —“Re: Question of Sports Dominance” by James Cox Usenet:  rec.sport.baseball.college May 27, 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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