spinning plates

doing many things at once, dating many people at once, being a whore, friendly; like in the variety shows of the 70s where the performer puts a plate on a tall thin stick mounted to the stage and spins it ... puts another plate on another stick and spins it ... doing more and more to see how many he can keep spinning without falling

Dude1: "Hey man, you just dating that one chick?"
Dude2: "Nah, I've got several hoes on the line, i'm spinning plates man!"

spinning plates by PapiLoco July 28, 2010

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Spinning Plates

"Spinning Plates" is the art of juggling multiple people you’re attracted to, keeping each one interested while trying to hold them all in your orbit.

Guy 1: "Hey man, are you still talking to that one girl"
Guy 2: "Yeah I'm talking to her and two of her friends"
Guy 3: "My guy, you are Spinning Plates for no reason"

Spinning Plates by PesoDollar August 12, 2025

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Plate Spinning

The act of simultaneously masturbating three or more Chinese men.

Foreign Exchange Student 1: "Mate I can't remember anything after I ate those funny tasting prawn crackers at the welcome party last night..."

Foreign Exchange Student 2: "Dude, I just saw a video of you on the internet plate spinning..."

Plate Spinning by PurpleSgtPepper September 2, 2011

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side plate spinnin'

When you have a main dish (relationship) and then several other people (side plates) that you're chatting, flirting, and boning. Your main dish is like meatloaf, you're familiar with it and you feel safe with it. The side plates are like grilled brussel sprouts, you're not sure the sprouts are gonna work out but you're feeling adventurous.

Example 1: Man I'm not too full this weekend for a little side plate spinnin'.

Example 2: Hey Tony, I know you're all full with your wife but if you're a little hungry I got just the girl at work for a little side plate spinnin. So you hungry bro?

side plate spinnin' by radiogal April 17, 2017

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Fleg

The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.

"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"

Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013

Word of the Day on July 18, 2026

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Skeef

To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.

"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."

Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026

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Hair spider

A tight, tangled knot of loose hair and lint that forms inside clothing during the clothes dryer cycle. It typically hides inside garments, causing an annoying lump or a phantom tickling sensation against the skin until it is found or falls out onto the floor during folding.

I was folding my clothes and a huge hair spider fell out onto my hand

Hair spider by Kmorsels July 15, 2026

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