Gaming
Gaming noun - The act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize).
Pain
Pain noun - A sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body.
Both words in one sentence
- Radicial Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, best known for being a pain in the ass to the US in Iraq, received the derisive nickname "Mullah Atari" in seminary because he was gaming when he should have been studying.
Source: One Of Us / Political Geeks -
This doubles as Be Careful What You Wish For, because Parson is a huge gaming enthusiast and brilliant strategist, but doesn't find it nearly as fun when winning means slaughtering thousands of people capable of holding philosophical debates, falling in love, and feeling pain.
Source: The Game Come to Life
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