The strong colloquial style makes it hard to understand

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1) crazy gorilla math = crazy intuition?
2) a decent shot of coming true = an honest imagination that it will come true?
3) patting myself on the back = comforting me?
4) out-on-a-limb = vulnerable?
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Five out-on-a-limb fantasy predictions for 2013
What would the end of summer be without a few wild fantasy predictions? These are five predictions I have for the upcoming season that, based on my crazy gorilla math, have a decent shot of coming true. If they hit, I'm sure I'll be all over Twitter patting myself on the back. If they don't, I'll just pretend I never said anything and hope by December everyone forgets. Let's see how I do.

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@oristarA,

To be out on a limb means to be taking a chance, with the usual implication that one takes that chance without sufficient evidence. It seems rather obvious that fantasy predictions are a case of going out on a limb, basically, of taking wild guesses.

I had never heard of "gorilla math," but i find in the urban dictionary a definition of crude math, bad math.

A decent shot means a good chance.

Patting one's self on the back means congratulating one's self. The usual implication is that the self-congratulation is unwarranted.

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@Setanta,

Excellent!
Thanks.

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