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

albertan

n. Proudly ill-informed redneck willing to blindly ignore science while the bodies pile up

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Masks don’t never work; it’s in the bible. A true albertan would know that.

by gnostic3 May 04, 2021

nursish

adj. Having some of the skills and qualities of a nurse without any actual training.

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You’re limping. Better let me have a feel of your leg.

Okay. You are a nurse, right?

Well, I’m nursish.

by gnostic3 May 27, 2018

tubulation

n. A happy state in which operative team jubilation occurs because the patient's trachea has been filled by a plastic cylinder conveying anaesthetic gases ... and oxygen.

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Finally! Tubulation has been achieved and Daniel can start composing ribald pimple limericks.

"Daniel's needle created a dimple
The size of a Saturday pimple.
The nurse said, "Are you blind?"
Dan replied, "I don't mind!
I've got two doctorates but I'm simple."

by gnostic3 August 17, 2023

tinfoil

n. In the 1940s strips of tinfoil were dumped from planes to shield them from radar detection. Now the word is applied to any event or announcement which shields a politician by deflecting the focus or attention of the press and public.

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Middle east peace plan, chinese viral apocalypse, pretty big news day!

Just tinfoil my naive friend. Just tinfoil.

by gnostic3 January 30, 2020

merdawg

n. Ultracool way intelligent transgenic animal created in a lab by splicing together a merman and a dog, although some are created on sandy beaches when the moonlight is magical. Able to breathe underwater, rescue drowning babies, find undersea pirate treasure, and destroy evil ocean polluters.

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Aaarrgg! Where be my golden treasure? Curse that overly cute merdawg!

by gnostic3 March 24, 2022