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Definitions by anuncertainsomeone

river crabbing 

Using a near homophone or synonym of a censored word to circumvent filters meant to detect it
(In Mandarin Chinese, the word "river crab" is a near homophone of "harmonization", which is itself a euphemism of the word "censorship")
"What is 'sax and violins' even supposed to mean?"
"It's just a river crabbing of 'sex and violence'."

"Can people please stop river crabbing everything on YouTube? If i hear the word "unalive" one more time, i swear-"

Serezedian 

Abkürzung von "Selbstreduzierende Zeitdifferenzangabe", eine Eindeutschung von "Countdown"
Die Rakete hebt gleich ab, Houston hat den Serezedian schon gestartet

The Boston Molassacre 

The Great Molasses Flood, also known as the Boston Molassacre, was an industrial accident in 1919 where molasses flooded parts of Boston after a tank full of the stuff fell over.
Even 100 years after The Boston Molassacre, the city of Boston continues to be one of the stickiest cities in the world.

Kraken drive 

A means of propulsion in Kerbal Space Program that harnesses the power of the Space Kraken to propel the player's ship forwards in a manner that defies the laws of physics. Examples include the heat shield propeller, the ladder drive, and the docking port drive.
A: No matter how hard i tried, i just couldn't fit the delta-v AND the thrust into the same rocket.
B: Well then, Kraken drive it is!
Kraken drive by anuncertainsomeone November 28, 2022

to Shapiro 

"Winning" a debate by saying something so indescribably dumb that your opponent doesn't know where to start correcting said statement.
Now, i know my teacher isn't the smartest, but when i tried to correct him about how people in the middle ages did not, in fact, live to 25, then fall over dead, he decided to Shapiro me

successful landing 

Anything you can walk away from
I mean, half of my rocket exploded trying to land it on Mun, and so my kerbals are now stuck there, but they're still alive, so i call that a successful landing.

The plane is wrecked, but everyone survived, so that was a successful landing.

jurassic rook 

A strategy in the game 5D Chess with Multiverse Timetravel that involves taking a rook and sending it backwards to the first eglegible board
So he was about to mate me, but luckily, i still had the time to play a jurassic rook before that happened.