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Crying wolf 

Based on the tale of the boy who cried wolf, a reference to someone who is never trusted or taken seriously because they are known to constantly fuck/joke around often to their own detriment.
Just ignore that asshole, he can't be trusted, he's known for crying wolf.
Crying wolf by Goddess12* December 27, 2013

Crying Wolf 

1: Some women's irritating habit of regulary shouting out: 'Wolf! Wolf!'

2: A wolf that has just missed out on its lunch of Red Riding Hood and has tears in its eyes.
Man: 'Stop crying Wolf! Wolf!'

Woman: 'I'm not, you tosser. It's Fido going Woof! Woof!'

Man: 'I hate false alarms. Get him some eloquotion lessons.'
Crying Wolf by Albert Woods September 27, 2007

Crying Wolf 

The diminishing of urgency one experiences after being alerted to something 'urgent' frequently.
After being called out to the residence for the 20th time, the police were in no rush as they believe the caller was crying wolf.
Crying Wolf by sardonicEmpath August 28, 2023

Crying wolf in the zoo 

Stating the obvious, especially while thinking you made a great observation.
-May I have your phone? Can't find mine
-Oh, so try calling it
-Yes, good idea. May I have your phone?
-So you can call... I'm crying wolf in the zoo again, right?

Wolf-crying Weathermen 

All weathermen/women who regularly insist that a snowpocalypse or other weather disaster is imminent and cause the local media to harp on it non stop for days only to be completely and unequivocally wrong.

An untrustworthy meteorologist.
Those damn wolf-crying weathermen are at it again! It'll just be another snowpoceclipse.
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
Word of the Day on June 26, 2026