Citations:point-stealer
English citations of point-stealer
Something one does to "score points" off of a rival
edit- 2007, Cara Whedbee, The Point System, page 22:
- Molly begins a smear campaign against her former friend that she is a whore who has slept with half the football team, and that she has some scary STD as a result (none of which is true, because Sally is a virgin), thus taking back some of their lost points, although in a war like this, she can never gain all of them back —cheating is the biggest point-stealer of all—a theme I will expound upon soon.
Someone who gets undeserved credit
edit- 2019 May 16, Thomas A. Merrill, “The Professional Volunteer Fire Department: Becoming an Officer”, in Fire Engineering:
- Look in the mirror and be honest with yourself and aware of your reputation. What is it? Are you lazy? A minimal contributor? A point stealer (showing up for credit without ever contributing anything)?
A player in a sport who manages to prevent their opponent from scoring points, or who manage to unexpectedly score points
edit- 2019 May 20, Curt Hogg, “Jadin O'Brien steals the show as DSHA and Menomonee Falls win team titles at the Greater Metro Conference championships”, in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
- Reegan Schmidt also placed third in the 400 with a time of 59.95 and Laetitia Faye was second in the 100 hurdles. They represent two of DSHA’s potential point-stealers in La Crosse.
Something that prevents one from achieving points
edit- 2000, Laurie Rozakis, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Well, page 292:
- The single biggest time-waster (and therefore the single biggest point-stealer) is getting hung up on one aspect of the assignment.
- 2008, Rosemary Hamilton, Only When I'm High: The Runways of a Southern Belle, page 58:
- My main rival had been banned from pageants altogether after showing up drunk at a judges' luncheon and peeing about six feet short of the restroom (a definite point stealer, but grounds for disqualification? Hardly).