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"The dog was the Zeppo of the show, but hey, you can't blame the writer, a use for a guard dog left in it's kernel all day except for once in two weeks has almost no part in a family time traveling to stop Titanic sinking"
by DictionaryDecimator July 7, 2024
Get the Zeppomug. A basement demon is a common yet vague term for the "Demons" or monsters that hunt you in the basement or a dark area or room after you turned off the lights in that area. Basically, it is a fear of something hunting you in the dark which makes people run for their lives after switching of the lights.
Related: Nyctophobia
Related: Nyctophobia
"Bro I had a near escape from the basement demon yesterday"
"me too"
"what's a basement demon?"
"Did you spawn in the world as an adult or do you seriously not know what it means"
"me too"
"what's a basement demon?"
"Did you spawn in the world as an adult or do you seriously not know what it means"
by DictionaryDecimator July 1, 2024
Get the Basement Demonmug. An abrupt, quick and often ridiculous shift from a serious manner to a trivial or funny manner in writing or speech, to invoke humour/humor (however you like it to be called)
"The hero gave a very strong-worded and passionate speech about the fate of humanity, only to trip over his shoelaces right afterward. Classic bathos."
by DictionaryDecimator July 6, 2024
Get the Bathosmug. A sudden, favorable resolution of events in a story; a term coined by J.R.R. Tolkien to describe a "good catastrophe" that brings a happy ending.
"Just when all hope seemed lost, the hero’s pet hamster activated the hidden self-destruct button on the villain’s base. Eucatastrophe for the win!"
by DictionaryDecimator July 6, 2024
Get the Eucatastrophemug. Can have three meanings:
1. A simple joke about a boy and his Shaggy Dog, which is made to have no punchline to invoke some kind of laughs
2. A joke that goes on and on just for a bad or boring ending
A movie or a book that is just like (Definition) 2 but for books/movies
1. A simple joke about a boy and his Shaggy Dog, which is made to have no punchline to invoke some kind of laughs
2. A joke that goes on and on just for a bad or boring ending
A movie or a book that is just like (Definition) 2 but for books/movies
1. "I said the shaggy dog story to a couple of fellows, funny to think they actually laughed"
2. "I can't believe I wasted my money just to see a wannabe comedian say a shaggy dog story"
3. "After 757 pages of build-up, the treasure was just a rubber chicken. Talk about a shaggy dog story."
2. "I can't believe I wasted my money just to see a wannabe comedian say a shaggy dog story"
3. "After 757 pages of build-up, the treasure was just a rubber chicken. Talk about a shaggy dog story."
by DictionaryDecimator July 6, 2024
Get the Shaggy Dog Storymug. the quality of being clear or transparent. It can be used in various contexts:
Physical Clarity: In a literal sense, pellucidity describes something that allows light to pass through, like clear water or a transparent material.
Figurative Clarity: In a metaphorical or abstract sense, pellucidity refers to the clarity and ease of understanding in language, thought, or expression. For example, a pellucid explanation or writing is one that is easy to understand and free of ambiguity.
Physical Clarity: In a literal sense, pellucidity describes something that allows light to pass through, like clear water or a transparent material.
Figurative Clarity: In a metaphorical or abstract sense, pellucidity refers to the clarity and ease of understanding in language, thought, or expression. For example, a pellucid explanation or writing is one that is easy to understand and free of ambiguity.
Boss: Your cubicles are now installed with pellucidity, so I can know which one of you keeps taking the "67 signs you are married to Chewbacca in a parallel universe quiz"
4 year old kid: ABCs are too hard to understand, but if it was taught with skibidi toilet videos I could understand it with pellucidity
13 year old: How do you know that word? And it's subway surfers gameplay for me for pellucidity
Stereotypical middle-aged man: ...It's stock market for me
4 year old kid: ABCs are too hard to understand, but if it was taught with skibidi toilet videos I could understand it with pellucidity
13 year old: How do you know that word? And it's subway surfers gameplay for me for pellucidity
Stereotypical middle-aged man: ...It's stock market for me
by DictionaryDecimator July 1, 2024
Get the Pelluciditymug. A dialogue technique where characters tell each other information they already know, but they audience don't, for solely the audience's benefit. It is a writer slang.
"As you know, Bob, we're on a spaceship hurtling towards the sun and if we don’t fix the hyperdrive in five minutes, we'll be dead. But let's talk about our high school years."
by DictionaryDecimator July 6, 2024
Get the As You Know, Bobmug.