Here at Stain Club, we take great pride in improving your vocabulary. For proof, take a look at the Stain Club Business section of the blog. Today’s new terminology comes from a famous childhood game, Candyland. Those of you who played Candyland in those woebegone days of your youth may recall a certain heavily mustached green figure named Plumpy (pictured here for your convenience).
Plumpy is the last of the Plumpa Trolls, but no one much cared about his origins. Instead, everyone cursed his name when they drew the Plumpy card from the deck, as a player is almost inevitably further along on the board than ole Plump-Stain. You probably thought you were pretty damn awesome when you got the Queen Frostine card and thought you could coast to victory while your buddies got stuck in the Molasses Swamp, but then you got the Plump Man and it was back to square one. And thus, the new Stain Club Term is: Getting Plumpied.
Getting Plumpied (verb):
(1) To be destroyed in the face of inevitable victory.
Ex: The Phillies were Plumpied out of the playoffs the last two years with critical losses down the stretch to such note-worthy foes as those rough and tumble (ahem) Washington Nationals.
(2) To be returned to “square one.”
Ex: With the turned down deals of trading for Mike Gonzalez or Derek Turnbow, Pat Gillick has been Plumpied in his efforts to find bullpen help.
Stain Club: Not just a sports blog, but also a whole lot of nonsense.
Getting Plumpied (verb):
(1) To be destroyed in the face of inevitable victory.
Ex: The Phillies were Plumpied out of the playoffs the last two years with critical losses down the stretch to such note-worthy foes as those rough and tumble (ahem) Washington Nationals.
(2) To be returned to “square one.”
Ex: With the turned down deals of trading for Mike Gonzalez or Derek Turnbow, Pat Gillick has been Plumpied in his efforts to find bullpen help.
Stain Club: Not just a sports blog, but also a whole lot of nonsense.
