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A good day to be born, since the "4th of October" is also known as "Ten-Four", which means "Everything's Fine", so if you're born on "October 4th", you're sure to be good news for the world.
They're the coolest quartet from Archangelsk, the "October 4", they formed on "October 4", 2014.
by johnmburt1960 August 16, 2020

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A person, minority group or country seen as getting "uppity" for wanting to be accepted as an equal, in spite of not having a conventional background.

From Gordon R. Dickson's novel "Wolfling", and much used by author David Brin.
"Iraq was seen by Western nations as a wolfling country, daring to rise out of the Third World with things like modern infrastructure, manufacturing and even a space program."
by johnmburt1960 April 25, 2014

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To explain to someone who has engaged in mansplaining, whitesplaining, richsplaining, &c., the error they have fallen into due to their privileged position.
He said he had trouble finding comfortable shoes for the office, too, and I humansplained to him that there is no shoe made for men which was anything like as uncomfortable as the two-inch heel minimum required by the company dress code.
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by johnmburt1960 August 02, 2017

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Driving at 55 mph in a car old enough to have wind wings on the front windows, as an alternative to air conditioning.
After work, let's go cruise on Circle Boulevard, WW55.
by johnmburt1960 August 07, 2006

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Fruad (froo-AHD), n.: A person of the highest moral caliber, esp. one who is cheated out of a job which goes to someone grossly inferior
"Hillary Clinton was a fruad!!!"
by johnmburt1960 December 14, 2016

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A new technology which is highly disruptive to established ways of doing things. Named after a device from the future in Henry Kuttner's 1942 short story "The Twonky", which upsets the life of a man who comes into possession of it.
This 3D printer isn't just a toy, it makes things I can really use around the house. That's a real twonky as far as shopping goes.
by johnmburt1960 March 22, 2018

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Exposed to a situation, an image or a comment which stimulates a PTSD reaction
When I said the Bulls got "raped" in their last game, she curled up in a ball and started crying because the word had triggered her old trauma, so I told her to quit being a whiny little SJW bitch.
by johnmburt1960 October 18, 2016

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