Pulling a Roberts

Attempting to quote from memory a short, famous passage or pledge in front of lots of (millions of) people and screwing it up royally.

Barry: The Chief Justice tried to swear me in at the ceremony without a notecard and fucked it all to hell! Some people think it was MY fault!

Michelle: Oh, don't worry baby. Everyone knows he was pulling a Roberts.

Pulling a Roberts by Neptunium January 28, 2009

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pulling a robert

when your playing a video game, and run off a cliff for no consernable reason.

guy 1: i see someone to the left.

guy 2: ah, dont mind him, he keeps pulling a robert, focus on the other dudes

pulling a robert by U.R.Mom December 3, 2010

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Pulling a Robert

Pulling a Robert is when you are depressed and you post on multiple social networking sites that you're gonna kill yourself but you actually aren't and you are just looking for attention attention whore if you will

Bob on twitter : I should go kill myself

Jim: what's wrong?

Bob: oh nothing, I just want attention, no one ever listens to me

Jim: Oh! So you're pulling a Robert?

Pulling a Robert by Hmenrak August 20, 2013

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stove

Cigarette: Northern slang for a cigarette, used oft by mashed up mancunian ravers becasue of the resemblance of a hot(electric)stove to the end of a lit cigarette. Originated circa 1991 in the early halcyon days of the rave culture; we speculate during a drug fuelled hallucination by said manc.

'fuck me noel, i am bolloxed, is that a ciggy in your mouth, or the stove from me 'nans kitchen'/
General use: 'Give us a stove you cunt'

stove by anthony willison March 18, 2004

Word of the Day on August 4, 2026

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Walky-Talky

A derogatory term for able bodied people or people that can walk. This definition was coined by disabled influencer Valerie Weber

Person in wheelchair: “look at that walky-talky over there.”

Friend in wheelchair: *looking at person who is walking* “yeah haha”

Walky-Talky by odd muffin October 5, 2021

Word of the Day on August 3, 2026

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Scrapnel

(N) :
All pieces left over after an art project or home improvement.

"After we made the decorations for the party, there was 'scrapnel' all over the floor"

Scrapnel by IceSniper February 22, 2025

Word of the Day on August 2, 2026

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Hardo

A hardo is a person who tries extremely hard at everything. Most times a hardo will try very hard at things that do not require excessive effort. For example, sports practices, gym class, etc.

Wow did you see Jack at practice today? What a hardo!

Hardo by Thuhkilluh September 4, 2014

Word of the Day on August 1, 2026

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