group stage

n. The extremely boring predictable preliminary portion of any event or proceeding.

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The annexation of Austria and the invasion of the Sudetenland were just parts of the group stage of WW II.

Like the Iowa caucuses?

Exactly, only with less megalomaniacs.

by gnostic3 November 21, 2022

indigeneity

adj. Possessing a degree of aboriginal blood, or spirit, or, at the very least, having a working knowledge of a John Wayne movie or the poem “Hiawatha”.

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I think my class visit to the reserve gives me enough indigeneity to qualify for an aboriginal action bursary.

Ingenious!

by gnostic3 November 10, 2022

robustity

n. Having a certain vigorous strength. A word often applied by under-educated Aussie surgeons to robust tissue that will heal well despite poor suturing technique.

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Admirable robustity in those diaphragmatic crura Shiela! Reckon your sloppy stitching will still close the hiatus up tighter than a platypus’ egg hole.

by gnostic3 February 23, 2024

dawncracking

v. Staying out late, very late, often for nefarious purposes.

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You been dawncracking all week Lemar. What up with that? How you gonna do any proper operations if you are all the time tired?

Leave me alone nurse. Don't tell me you didn't do some dawncracking when you was young.

What you mean "When I was young"? Don't you make me scalpel-cut your sassy arm.

by gnostic3 November 13, 2016

beefcase

n. Lunchbox for devoted meat eaters. Often used disparagingly by vegetarians.

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Hey Grog! What innocent creature is in your beefcase today?

by gnostic3 June 13, 2022

ashleying

n. Moving like a tornado, at work or at play. Additionally, in Australia, it can refer to sewing obscene hats or smiling sweetly whilst handing out rocks shaped like heads.

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The world would be a better place if more people were ashleying.

And we would all have anus hats.

by gnostic3 November 25, 2022

fidget spinner

n. Small revolving hand-held device that Oh no! Look! Shiny stopping!! Want outside! Ice cream! Can I have Tuesdays? No! No! No! Ohhhh! Spinning! Seems to calm and bring focus to a certain subset of Shiny stopping! No!No! No! Erasures.

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Must have fidget spinner. MUST HAVE FIDGET SPINNER! MUST...HAVE....FIDGET.....SPINNER!!!!

by gnostic3 June 10, 2017