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tripping the light fantastic 

To have fun when going out, especially when dancing under disco lights at clubs/parties.

see also: get down; groove tonight
(me)That was me tripping the light fantastic with Traci Johnson at the the Spring Fling Dance Thing!
(lackey)I wish I were as cool as you. I stood by the wall the whole time and cried.
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tripping the light fantastic 

to dance.
We all popped E's and began to trip the light fantastic to BT.

Tripping the Light Fantastic 

Original name of the second Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. Often referred to as just The Light Fantastic
Tripping the Light Fantastic has Rincewind the Wizard in it.

trip the light fantasstic 

to dance, boogie, or otherwise get down
Hey babe, let's blow this popsicle stand and hit the club. There after we will trip the light fantasstic.

trip the light fantasstic 

when someone fucks up everything they have with someone who's body (esp. the nether regions) they are obsessed with
J.D. had the best of both worlds for a while....but he chose to trip the light fantasstic- now he needs to live with his decision
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