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civil disobedience 

active refusal to obey certain laws, demands and commands of a government or of an occupying power without resorting to physical violence. The American author Henry David Thoreau pioneered the modern theory behind this practice in his 1849 essay Civil Disobedience. In seeking an active form of civil disobedience, one may choose to deliberately break certain laws, such as by forming a peaceful blockade or occupying a facility illegally.
In the face of tyranny and injustice, it is the people's duty to practice civil disobedience to fight oppression.
civil disobedience by El Oaxuco August 4, 2007
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disobedience 

The contrary thoughts, words, or actions that take place after instruction is given on what to do, or what not to do.
We all attempted to follow the rules & not think about the candy. However, the temptation was too strong, & mom grounded us all for Our disobedience.
disobedience by Baruked1 June 16, 2018

civil disobedience 

A euphemism for an illegal activity done in the name of a cause. Acts of civil disobedience can include:

firebombing a development in the name of the environment
smashing a McDonalds sign in the name of fair trade
rioting in the name of peace.
The hippies who torched the ski resort aren't criminals; they performed an act of civil disobedience
civil disobedience by mjl317 August 2, 2006

Discobedience 

The act of partaking in illegal substances whilst at a night club.
Or, general debauchery enacted within a night club.
"Good lord, Jeffrey! There was massive discobedience at the club last night".
Discobedience by discobedience April 30, 2009

Intelligent disobedience

Intelligent disobedience is when an animal like a service dog breaks a command or a rule to help the owner and keep them safe.
My dog did something called intelligent disobedience to keep me from hurting myself.
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
Word of the Day on June 26, 2026

Nerd neck 

A "human" that spends so much time playing video games that their posture is level nerd neck. Everytime anyone goes tryhard they hunch down and their neck gets longer there fore a nerd neck is always hunched down cause they're always going try hard. In other words a nerd neck is a try hard, since their neck is 100% longer than the average human being due to playing too many video games and taking them serious, nerd necks are not even considered human anymore but something more sad. Nerd necks are often found on fortnite, their natural habitat usually being tilted towers.
What a fucking nerd neck!

He is building so fast, nerd neck!

Looser more like a nerd neck ha!
Nerd neck by D Sandwich Maker February 5, 2019
Word of the Day on June 25, 2026