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Black Irish Twins

Siblings born in the same year to different mothers.

A pun on Irish twins, Black Irish, and the multigenerational deterioration of African-American families.

NB: You don't have to be Black to have a Black Irish Twin.
The other eighth graders thought Dion and Errol were kidding about being "brothers from another mother," but they mean it literally since they were Black Irish Twins.
by PBMax February 23, 2008
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Whoristorian

People who can remember almost every guy/girl their friends have hooked up with, how they met, where they were, what nickname they gave the guy/girl and why they were dubbed said nickname. Portmanteau of whore and historian.
Ellie was so adept at recalling her friends' hookups that they dubbed her a "whoristorian."
by PBMax March 13, 2009
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In Orbit Yellow

Black people with extremely fair complexions (because they're so HIGH yellow it's like they're in orbit around the earth).
JASON: Why aren't there any Black people in Guitar Hero?
DERON: There's Tom Morello; he's actually Halfrican.
JASON: But he's in orbit yellow; he'd ruin the curve on the brown paper bag test!
DERON: One-drop rule.
by PBMax May 1, 2008
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Metattle

Someone who reveals that someone else has revealed something. From the Greek meta meaning "after" and the Middle English tattle meaning "tattle."
Vanity Fair metattled on W. Mark Felt's involvement in the Watergate scandal by outing him as "Deep Throat."
by PBMax November 4, 2007
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hiposterous

Having extraordinarily large hips. A combination of hips and preposterous.

Not to be confused with hippoposterous.
Kim Kardashian may have all kinds of implants, but she's naturally hiposterous.
by PBMax September 28, 2008
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mockward

1) Making a situation more awkward by mocking how awkward it is. The situation need not be awkward in the first place.

Apparently coined by Washington Post columnist Monica Hesse.

2) Mocking someone in an awkward — and thereby probably unsuccessful — manner.

Apparently coined by then-Columbia Journalism Review assistant editor Megan Garber.
Someone asked to define the word "awkward" will often resort to describing the task as "awkward," which is just mockward. When someone does the same with "mockward," it's meta-mockward.
by PBMax May 11, 2008
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memelitism

Disliking a meme because of other people liking it. This may be due to the quantity of others passing the idea along, or because the undesirable nature of the communities receiving it. A combination of "meme" and "elitist."
Sikander's memelitism kept him from reading danah boyd's blog once it was referenced in 'Newsweek.'
by PBMax January 5, 2009
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