rookie numbers

noun

Etymology

A reference to Matthew McConaughey's character Mark Hanna in the 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street, who advises protagonist Jordan Belfort to masturbate more frequently: "You gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers in this racket."

Definitions

  1. Low numbers or a small amount of something, especially seen as signaling one's…

    Low numbers or a small amount of something, especially seen as signaling one's inexperience or naïveté.

    • Compared to Bezos, Zoom's insider dumps are rookie numbers.
    • Garfield recently discussed how he got into character as a Jesuit priest for the movie Silence by being celibate for half a year. But Barrymore's reaction? Those are rookie numbers!

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for rookie numbers. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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