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Sporcle-itis 

A disease that is quickly spreading across nerds around the world. It is crucially important to know the causes and symptoms so you don't suffer the same fate:

Cause: Discovering sporcle, a trivia website that quizzes you on basically everything. Very fun, but also quickly addicting.

Symptoms: You may have sporcle-itis if you have experienced any of these symptoms:

- Loss of sleep by trying to get a perfect score on a quiz

- Overheating of your computer due to an excess of time spent on it

- Lack of motivation to do anything social, as it may cut in to your sporcle time

- Loss of color to the skin due to lack of time outside

If you or a loved one is experiencing any of these symptoms, please go to sporcle.com now to satisfy your needs.
Billy: Hey LeShawn, come to my party this weekend. There's gonna be a ton of hot babes there!

LeShawn: Party? Weekend? NO!! That means I'm not at my computer, and not trying to get all of the top 100 movie characters of all time on Sporcle! <Crawls back into basement>

Billy: Damn, he's got some major sporcle-itis.
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sporclitis 

A common condition among veteran quiz takers on Sporcle wherein one will remember some very obscure answers but overlook at least one obvious one.
If taking a "list the countries of South America" quiz, and you remember Suriname but somehow can't come up with Brazil, you've just had a bout of Sporclitis.
sporclitis by Mustango13 November 26, 2013
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Sporcleitis 

An affliction by which a Sporcle quiz-taker will overlook an obvious answer, usually a symptom of overthinking the quiz and looking for difficult or obscure answers instead.

alt: Sporcle-itis
alt, discouraged due to inadvertent crassness: Sporclitis
He suffered a horrible bout of Sporcleitis playing the "10 Largest Countries in Asia" quiz, repeatedly attempting Kyrgyzstan without realizing he hadn't tried Russia yet.
Sporcleitis by grover173 January 3, 2022

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