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tactleneck

A portmanteau of tactical and turtleneck. Coined by Stirling Archer in the tv show Archer.

A dark black turtleneck used tactically to provide maximum skin coverage for blending in at night.
"I mean, I didn't invent the turtleneck, Lana, but I was the first to recognize its potential as a tactical garment. The tactical turtleneck, Lana. The tactleneck!" ~ H. Jon Benjamin as Archer
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tactleneck

A portmanteau of tactical and turtleneck. Coined by Stirling Archer in the tv show Archer.

A dark black turtleneck used tactically to provide maximum skin coverage for blending in at night.
"I mean, I didn't invent the turtleneck, Lana, but I was the first to recognize its potential as a tactical garment. The tactical turtleneck, Lana. The tactleneck!" ~ H. Jon Benjamin as Archer

Archer: "Guys, this is, this is the-- the car from--"
Lana: "Bullitt, we know, and if you'd go already, maybe later I'll dress up like Steve McQueen for you!"
Archer: "Ew, that's not even what it's about. Plus your hands are too big."
Lana: "Go!"
Archer: "But speaking of McQueen, if there was ever a time to wear the tactleneck--"
Lana: "Go!"
Archer: "Okay! Hang on!"

tactileneck 

noun A black turtleneck worn as a layer for tactical espionage, infiltration, or otherwise covert special ops missions. Coined by the Television show, "Archer" on FX. Seen on the show as well as in spy/spec ops movies, television programs, and video games.
Spy 1: Be sure to dress dark for the mission.

Spy 2: Don't worry. I'm wearing my tactileneck.

Spy 1: Me too!
tactileneck by gentlemanthrash March 24, 2010

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