slumpbuster

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

slump +‎ buster

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

slumpbuster (plural slumpbusters)

  1. (informal) Something that ends a slump.
    • 2009, Paul Lebowitz, Paul Lebowitz's 2009 Baseball Guide: A Complete Guide to the 2009 Baseball ...‎[1]:
      "Shields is the guy the Rays count on as the slumpbuster instead of Kazmir because he'll do whatever the team needs on that particular day."
  2. (slang by extension) A person's first sexual partner after a slump (period without sex).
    • 2009, Esther D. Rothblum, Sondra Solovay, The Fat Studies Reader - Page 158‎[2]:
      "When one is looking for a slumpbuster, a hog, or “road beef” (as Canseco puts it), he seeks out, as Grace mentioned, the “fattest gnarliest chick you can uncover” in order to try to break out of a slump.
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