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the system is down 

1. obligatory sample from an old sci-fi movie, often used in techno.

2. an indication that a website or network was inundated with requests to the point of breaking, resulting in a server crash.
1. doo. doo. doo. doo. the system is down. the system is down.

2. what happened to my website? the system is down, yo.
the system is down by bud newman. February 28, 2003

the system is down 

The song sung by Strong Bad when answering an e-mail from Silent J
Do do do the system is down the system is down
the system is down by Silent J July 20, 2003

The system is down 

The system is down, yo!
Heyy what happened to my website?
The system is down yo!

A Booger In The Nose Of Progress 

Anything that impedes or otherwise interferes with a process going forward.
"Militarily, that inquest was a booger in the nose of progress."

or

"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."
Word of the Day on June 2, 2026

🤡🫵🏻

How to say "you're an idiot/clown" using only emojis.
Person 1: Insert completely incorrect and/or idiotic statement here
Person 2: 🤡🫵🏻
Word of the Day on June 1, 2026
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
Word of the Day on May 31, 2026