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- noun A large
bowl used for making or servingpunch (the beverage)
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Examples
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Who thinks being the turd in a punchbowl is something to aspire to be?
Think Progress » After warmest January in history, Vancouver airlifts in snow for Winter Olympics. 2010
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This would also likely elicit a retreat in equity markets as the removal of the proverbial "punchbowl" would be viewed as a stock negative.
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"punchbowl" area off the hiking trail in the park.
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Seven Years at the Fed: Bernanke in his own words -- "Some rather interesting quotes from our esteemed Fed Chief from the past few years regarding why the Fed's approach to dealing with banks is the right one (back in 2006!), about when he'll take away the 'punchbowl'
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Damien Hoffman 2009
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Floating, floating, floating like the proverbial turd in the punchbowl.
Brandon Boyd: Sustainability Isn't a Four-Letter Word -- It's a Fourteen Letter Word Brandon Boyd 2011
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Floating, floating, floating like the proverbial turd in the punchbowl.
Brandon Boyd: Sustainability Isn't a Four-Letter Word -- It's a Fourteen Letter Word Brandon Boyd 2011
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Ahem: pardon me for spitting in the punchbowl, but she's always annoyed the cogs off me, and the situation isn't improving as we both get older.
Charlie Brooker's Screen burn: Blind Date Charlie Brooker 2010
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When times are good nobody wants to take the punchbowl away:
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Floating, floating, floating like the proverbial turd in the punchbowl.
Brandon Boyd: Sustainability Isn't a Four-Letter Word -- It's a Fourteen Letter Word Brandon Boyd 2011
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Floating, floating, floating like the proverbial turd in the punchbowl.
Brandon Boyd: Sustainability Isn't a Four-Letter Word -- It's a Fourteen Letter Word Brandon Boyd 2011
plethora commented on the word punchbowl
Home to interesting characters such as Trent from Punchy.
November 4, 2008
kewpid commented on the word punchbowl
Trent makes me sad.
November 5, 2008
plethora commented on the word punchbowl
Yeah, me too. Much of the most popular content on YouTube sort of makes me despair for the world.
November 5, 2008