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petrol

Gasoline. Used in the UK and most of it's former colonies, sans the USA and Canada.
Oddly petrol is NOT short for petroleum.
Brit: Looks like we need petrol. We'd better stop at a station and fill up.
American: Looks like we need gas. We'd better stop at a station and fill up.
by GAWII May 20, 2008
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duvet

A blanket. It's just a blanket.
Why do guys like us know what a duvet is? Is this necessary to our survival, in the hunter-gatherer sense of the word?
by GAWII March 9, 2008
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ODD

Obsessive Dick Disorder.

A mental affliction commonly found in hoplophobes, causing an irrational need to constantly think about gun owners’ dicks. Advanced stages even lead to being unable to stop talking about the dicks of gun owners, in great detail. This condition can be alleviated through a daily dose of rational and critical thinking.
Normal person: So I just bought a gun.

Hoplophobe: WOW I BET YOUR DICK IS TINY

Normal person: …What?

Hoplophobe: YOUR THROBBING COCK MUST BE SO SMALL I CAN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT HOW TINY IT IS

Normal person: Have you been tested for ODD? You REALLY should…
by GAWII January 20, 2024
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crank call

A term that was created when someone misheard the expression prank call.

Since the debut of the show Crank Yankers, the name has stuck. This is unfortunate since "crank" call doesn't make any sense.
Person 1: Dude the other day we made a bunch of crank calls, it was hilarious!

Person 2: You made what? You mean PRANK calls, right?

Person 1: Prank call? ... Huh, I guess you're right.
by GAWII March 19, 2008
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South Beach Diet

The Atkins diet for dummies.

Dr. Atkins said you should eat nutrient rich carbs instead of nutrient deficient carbs. This appears to be a simple idea, yet apparently figuring out that this means eating spinach instead of potatoes or broccoli instead of corn is akin to rocket science for the unwashed masses. So in comes the South Beach Diet, which is exactly the same except it breaks everything down into "good carbs" and "bad carbs".
Anyone who thinks the South Beach Diet is different than Atkins is an idiot.
by GAWII March 24, 2011
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The Producers

The Producers was at first a film made by Mel Brooks. Then they made a Broadway musical based on the film. Then they made a film based on the Broadway musical based on the film.

One can only guess how long it will take them to finally come full circle and make a NEW Broadway musical based on the film based on the Broadway musical based on the film.
The Producers? Which one? I think there's about a dozen now.
by GAWII January 23, 2009
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date rape

Date rape is an archaic term from a past time.

The definition of date rape: Rape committed by a person known to the victim. That's it. RAPE committed by someone who is NOT a complete stranger to the victim.

Many people nowadays might find this confusing. "Isn't that just rape?" they might ask? Well when the term date rape was coined, no it wasn't. 40, 30, even 20 years ago, what society deemed as rape was a man coming out of a dark alley and forcing sex on a woman with the use of violence; or at least with the strong threat of violence. That act was what society deemed as rape, and if the man was caught he would likely go to prison. Now, what if a woman went to a man's house to have a cup of coffee after a date? If he forced sex on her, even with her pleading him to stop, was that rape? At that time no it was not. If the woman went to the police, all she would likely hear are things like "You were coming on to him, he couldn't help himself." If the case even went to court she would practically be put on trial herself, the defense claiming that she was a slut and the man was just showing her a good time.

It's true. If the man didn't have a knife or beat the woman half to death, clearly it wasn't rape. That's what society believed.

So the term date rape was created. To describe an event of non-consensual sex which didn't fit society's "traditional" view of rape. BUT... today the term is outdated. "Date rape" is now simply considered rape.
I vote the term date rape be stricken from the lexicon. It's outlived its usefulness.
by GAWII February 6, 2019
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