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Thems the breaks 

I fucked up and tried to fix it but everyones left my Party, getting kicked out your job at the worst time for anyone else to pick up the torch.
“I know that there will be many people who are relieved, and perhaps quite a few who will also be disappointed.

“And I want you to know how sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world, but thems the breaks.”
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Them's the breaks

American/Australian slang. Possibly short for "that is the breakdown". It means "that's just how it is" or "that's how the cookie crumbles".

Sometimes rendered as "dems...", "those...", etc.
A: "Ah, that's not fair!"
B: "Them's the breaks, dude."
Them's the breaks by squeefish April 29, 2011
Word of the Day on July 8, 2022

Them's the breaks

How tory scum summarize years of tyranny suffered at their own gammony hands
So I drop-kicked a disabled person and stole the last £5 from a single mum's purse. Them's the breaks!

Them's the breaks

Them's the breaks by Taenun July 9, 2022

them's the breaks

that's the way things turn out (used to express resigned acceptance of a situation).
"I feel for Munro because he fought valiantly, but them's the breaks"
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