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nintendo | ninja |

As a noun nintendo

is (video games|trademark) a , or other video game system made by nintendo.

nintendo

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (video games, trademark) A , or other video game system made by Nintendo.
    • Wanna play on my Nintendo after school?
  • * 1995 , David Gladstone, ed., British Social Welfare: Past, Present, and Future , page 274
    • There is nothing wrong with the accoutrements of personal affluence, but if the numbers of personal stereos, Nintendos , mobile phones and cars grow […].
  • * 2005 , Lila Abu-Lughod, Dramas of Nationhood: The Politics of Television in Egypt , page 280
    • These professionals are the sort whose children play with Nintendos and own bikes
  • * 2005 , Larry L. Meyer, No Paltry Thing: Memoirs Of A Geezer Dad , page 128
    • Franz: “How do elves make Nintendos ?” Dad: “You ask all the hard questions, don't you? I really don't know.”
  • * 2007 , Ilene Schneider, Chanukah Guilt , page 106
    • The only message at home was from my nephew, letting me know my mother was back home, safe and sound, except for a sore "Nintendo thumb".
  • * 2007 , Anthony Ham and Alison Bing, Morocco , Lonely Planet, ISBN 1740599748, page 34
    • He was far more interested in bullfighting, which was the Nintendo of the day, only considerably more dangerous

    Derived terms

    * Nintendinitis * Nintendocore * Nintendo thumb

    ninja

    English

    (wikipedia ninja)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (martial arts, historical) A person trained primarily in stealth, espionage, assassination and the Japanese martial art of ninjutsu.
  • A Mongolian amateurish private miner (mainly for gold); after the shape of the plastic bowls used to wash metal ore with mercury, roughly resembling one of the .
  • * 2007 October 10, Jonathan Watts, "Prospectors and 'ninja' miners flood to east's El Dorado" [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/oct/10/international.mainsection1], The Guardian ,
    • Many were former nomads, but as the gold rush gathered pace, students, vets and taxi drivers from Ulan Bator joined the ninjas , not just in Ogoomor but in other gold towns across the country.
  • (slang) Juggalo version of the epithet "nigga".
    • What up, my ninja !

    Related terms

    * ninjutsu * ninpo

    Coordinate terms

    * kunoichi * shinobi

    Derived terms

    * ninjitsu * ninjette

    Verb

  • To act in the manner of a , especially in the areas of speed and power.
  • (gaming, slang) To claim an item in a game by abusing game mechanics, often despite having no real need for the item or ability to use it.
    • That damn warrior ninja'd an epic-quality wand even though he can't even use it!
  • (Internet, slang) To post a response on a message board immediately before someone else unknowingly posts a response saying the same thing.
    • When I answered the OP's question, I saw that Porthos had ninja'd me by posting the same answer just before I did.

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