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polo bear 

n. 1. the answer to the Christmas cracker riddle: What's furry and minty?; 2. phenomenon or situation that makes no possible sense usually because of the altered states of the participants; an enigma (2007-8-d.f. < jenandtaraism orig. cryptic Christmas cracker, possible combined expression of the equation "polar bear" - "polar" + "polo mint" - "mint" = "extreme confusion" or "polo bear".)
Definition 1:

Christmas Cracker: What's furry and minty?

Intoxicated Party-goer: I don't know...what?

Christmas Cracker: A Polo Bear!

Intoxicated Party-goer: Ah, a polo bear! Wait -what's that? That's not funny, just cryptic. Hey, does anyone know what a polo bear is?

Christmas Cracker: You know, you're the only person at this party who has even bothered to talk to me.

Definition 2:

Tara: Remember last New Year's Eve? What was that all about?

Jen: Yeah, I don't know. The whole evening was a bit of a polo bear for me.

Polar Bear Polo 

A game played on the outer borders of Canada. Five players, on two teams, on either side of a snowy field try to move a severed seal head into the opponent's goal while riding atop polar bears. Each player is issued a wooden hockey stick to move the seal head, also known as "the nugget". The winning team is awarded a walrus to do with as they please, although it is customary to gather in a circle around the walrus and club that shit to death.
I lost my arm in an intense game of Polar Bear Polo but my team still won the walrus. Cant be mad aboot that eh?
Polar Bear Polo by ezRusty93 November 2, 2011
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
n. A screenshot fabricated by a company to misrepresent the graphics of a game; a combination of the words bullshit and screenshot.

Originated from Penny Arcade, a popular gaming webcomic.
-Have you seen Madden 2006 for the Xbox 360? The graphics are gonna be awesome!
-Dude, the Madden 2006 images they showed at E3 were bullshots. It doesn't look nearly as good as they said.
bullshot by Worker Unit #503,298,545 September 26, 2005
Word of the Day on July 15, 2026