skunk vs yellow dog

skunk

noun
  • A despicable person. 

  • A walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score. 

  • Any of various small mammals, of the family Mephitidae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black with a white coat and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure. 

  • A win by 30 or more points. (A double skunk is 60 or more, a triple skunk 90 or more.) 

  • A member of a hybrid skinhead and punk subculture. 

  • Any of the strains of hybrids of Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica that may have THC levels exceeding those of typical hashish. 

  • Anything very bad; a stinker. 

verb
  • To win by 30 or more points. 

  • To go bad, to spoil. 

  • To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points. 

yellow dog

noun
  • An item or person of low value. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see yellow, dog. 

  • A Carolina dog. 

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