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rookie numbers

rookie numbers noun: low numbers or a small amount of something, especially seen as signaling one's inexperience or naïveté.

Noun

rookie numbers pl (plural only)

  1. (humorous, plural, plural-only, slang) 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.2020 September 28, David Canellis, “Zoom execs dumped $580M of stock as its share price rose 622%”, in TNW
    • 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!2022 September 21, Brenden Morrow, “The daily gossip: Tom Hardy won a Jiu-Jitsu competition, Shakira is in the 'darkest hour of my life,' and more”, in The Week

Origin of rookie numbers

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."

Questions about rookie numbers

What does rookie numbers mean?
Rookie numbers means low numbers or a small amount of something, especially seen as signaling one's inexperience or naïveté.
What part of speech is rookie numbers?
Rookie numbers is a noun.

Words near rookie numbers in the dictionary

  1. Rookes
  2. Rookhurst
  3. rookie
  4. rookie card
  5. rookie cards
  6. rookie numbers
  7. rookied
  8. rookielike
  9. rookier
  10. rookies
  11. rookiest

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