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The Late April Effect 

The Late April Effect or The Lapril Effect is a word for occurrences between 20-30th April, it seems we get really sad news at this time a year. Many great people die between this time and also really bad events happens.

Short examples of one of the most memorable events between 20-30th April.

Deaths
Adolf Hitler 30th
Tim Bergling (Avicii) 20th
Verne Troyer 21th

Events
Columbine High School massacre 20th
Earthquake in Kathmandu in Nepal, killing 8000, leaving over 100,000 homeless, destroying many historic sites. 25th
2011 Super Outbreak, 360 tornadoes, $12.2 billion in damages. 324 deaths and 3,100+ injuries. 25-28th
Oh no here comes The Late April Effect..

The word is mainly used at the date between 20-30th of April.

April Fools Effect 

The use of April 1st to break any serious news in order to make the victim(s) think it's a joke until after April 1st, where the victim(s) realize it's for real.
April 1st
Boss: Sorry Joe, you're fired. *Wink*
Joe: Ohhh, of course sir *wink*

April 31st
Joe: I wonder when i can return... fuck, April Fools Effect
April Fools Effect by TomiBuoy April 1, 2017

bang a you-ee 

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"
hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee
Word of the Day on July 19, 2026
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
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
Word of the Day on July 17, 2026

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
Word of the Day on July 16, 2026