by AtomicFroman January 8, 2008
Term used in referring to an urban myth according to which you may drown if you swim too soon after a meal; apparently you get a cramp and promptly go kerplunk to the bottom. The safe time after the meal, when you can safely swim again, is said to be one hour in Northern Europe, while in Hispanic culture it is often said to be three hours, which is longer than most people spend at the beach. Thought up way back when by some lazy mom who wanted to take a nap in the sun and couldn't bother her ass to look out for the kids; unfortunately it has entered the folk wisdom and some adults end up believing it. Cramps can actually afflict a person at any time and do not adversely affect one's buoyancy in the water. Neither do they do too much damage to your swimming skills, unless perhaps you are participating in an Olympic event. They are more likely to happen as a reaction to exposure to cold water. If you are in an environment where, perhaps due to currents, a cramp could be the difference between life and death, you shouldn't be there, cramps or no cramps. Just ask yourself; have you ever heard a pathologist or coroner announce that the cause of someone's death was "swimming on a full stomach"? No, I didn't think so.
Jimmy was running and screaming along the shore and his mommy was feeling lazy and couldn't be bothered looking out for him, so she invoked Drowns Syndrome.
by Fearman September 14, 2007
A creepypasta written by youtuber jadusable. The pasta revolves around the game released 9 years before, the legend of zelda, majoras mask. The story basically tells about the author. Looking for new games, N64 games in general. He just so happens to find one at a yard sale from an elderly man. The creepyness starts after he tries the game in his new N64. The game had been played, he could tell, there was a file under the name BEN. The game goes crazy, jumpscares of some of the games characters appear, even a tune from the game, the song of healing, is played backwards to frighten him. The save files are also messed up. They start to say things like, your turn, ben drowned in separate files, ect. The game had huge glitches and gave him nightmares, it talked to him. It told him of a website, clevwrbot.com, in which he could communicate with this "ben" fellow. It turned out that "ben" had drowned. But in the end, all ben wanted was to be set free.
Hey, did you ever get to read that Zelda pasta, BEN Drowned?
Wow, lots of people are on Cleverbot, trying to find the truth behind BEN.
BENS mottos appear to be, You shouldn't have done that, and one thay actually was not his own, but that of the happy mask salesman.
Wow, lots of people are on Cleverbot, trying to find the truth behind BEN.
BENS mottos appear to be, You shouldn't have done that, and one thay actually was not his own, but that of the happy mask salesman.
by BENS Headphones February 24, 2015
by Dragonfly2k April 18, 2011
Verb, 1.
The suffocation of somebody by the obstruction or congestion of the lungs by torrents that do not entirely envelope the person.
Especially—when directly causing death or injury.
Verb, 2.
The failure or defeat of a person by something which, though typically associated with the manner of failure it wreaks, is to moderate in its immensity, numerosity, or importance for the failure or defeat on the person's part to be appropriate.
Usually—used to be humorous, or, in less common cases, derogatory
The suffocation of somebody by the obstruction or congestion of the lungs by torrents that do not entirely envelope the person.
Especially—when directly causing death or injury.
Verb, 2.
The failure or defeat of a person by something which, though typically associated with the manner of failure it wreaks, is to moderate in its immensity, numerosity, or importance for the failure or defeat on the person's part to be appropriate.
Usually—used to be humorous, or, in less common cases, derogatory
1. "Water was hose-sprayed in his face for about thirty minutes while fettered, nearly killing him. He dry drowned and had to stay in the hospital for some time. I hope he will be okay."
2. "He was playing chess with somebody eight hundred ELO points below him. He thought he was going to win, obviously; but due to his cockiness she was able to dry drown him.
2. "He was playing chess with somebody eight hundred ELO points below him. He thought he was going to win, obviously; but due to his cockiness she was able to dry drown him.
by Levvi The Fox October 23, 2022
The noise from a loud bowel movement, akin to a drowning gorilla. Something you especially don't want to experience at the office
1: Man I can't wait for my next break
2: What's going on?serious bm?
1: I have to drown a gorilla big time. I just hope you can't hear it at your desk
2: What's going on?serious bm?
1: I have to drown a gorilla big time. I just hope you can't hear it at your desk
by purpleyamjam November 24, 2009
David: "Hey that was nice, do you want to play monopoly right now"
Vivi: "Oh, not now, you know I have to drown the offshoots first. Plus, I would prefer to play scrabble."
Vivi: "Oh, not now, you know I have to drown the offshoots first. Plus, I would prefer to play scrabble."
by weivid June 5, 2007