Definitions by gnostic3

armchair nickelback 

n. Someone with no musical ability who endlessly explains how a song should have been written or performed.

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Don't listen to that old dude. He's just an armchair nickelback.

You know that's Bob Dylan , right?

Yeah. So what's your point?

armchair nickelback by gnostic3 December 11, 2022

grinerswitch 

n. A very one-sided exchange of something valuable or useful for something with political benefit but limited practical value.

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Look! North Korea gave us a box of old battle flags in exchange for some nuclear missiles.

Kind of a grinerswitch.

grinerswitch by gnostic3 December 8, 2022

brownie 

n. Incredibly racist term for a person with mildly melanotic skin. Before becoming politically verboten the term was used to describe a delicious baked item, a woodland elf, and a young female member of the Boy Scout movement.

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I ate a brownie yesterday. Very tasty.

RACIST!!!

brownie by gnostic3 December 8, 2022

final eight 

n. The slightly more exciting part of a soccer tournament when most of the hapless teams have gone home. The term can also be used in academic, political or business settings.

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The presidential primaries have come down to the final eight.

But there are only three candidates left.

It’s just an expression Mr. Trump.

final eight by gnostic3 December 8, 2022

overumbraging 

v. Taking offence when obviously none was intended.

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My law firm wants to fire me because I said I liked to eat brownies. There were crumbs on my lips. Delicious crumbs.

Overumbraging. It’ll be the death of conversation.

You can’t say “death”. Major trigger.

overumbraging by gnostic3 December 5, 2022

buoy band 

n. A musical group from a maritime community. Songs tend to focus on fishing, lobsters, unemployment cheques, and drowning.

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I’m thinking of writing some buoy band songs. What rhymes with “pogey” and “schooner”?

By Jeez, I don’t think any word rhymes with both of those there.

buoy band by gnostic3 December 5, 2022

brownie 

n. Incredibly racist term for a person with mildly melanotic skin. Formerly the term was used to describe a delicious baked item, a woodland elf, and a young female member of the Boy Scout movement, but now all those usages are verboten and considered insensitive triggers.

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I enjoy eating brownies.

RACIST!

brownie by gnostic3 December 5, 2022