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pancake

1. Comedian Mitch Hedberg refered to "pancaking" as starting out strong, but then halfway through your act, the audience is sick of you. Kind of like when you eat a lot of pancakes; they're great at first, but by the end you're like "jeez, that's too much".

2. Street for "crack". (See Family Guy)
1. Most "featured" comedians -- not headliners, but the people who come before them -- pancake halfway through their act.

2. "Pancakes." -Stewie
by Yet Another Josh Cohen August 23, 2006
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genre twist

The "twist ending" that pervades science fiction, horror, mystery, and fantasy writing, television, or film -- basically, anything that might get the label "genre". The classic example is that Bruce Willis was dead the entire time.
Marlene: Hey, did you watch Criminal Minds last week?

Jill: Yeah, but I figured out the genre twist just before they revealed the kid was the killer.

Marlene: I got it before the end of the second commercial break.
by Yet Another Josh Cohen April 27, 2009
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reboot your face

to shave off a beard that one has had for a very long time, surprising family, friends, and co-workers
Vicki: "Did you reboot your face or something?"

You: "I shaved off the beard two days ago. You just noticed?"
by Yet Another Josh Cohen January 23, 2008
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