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diagonalize 

to cross two or more intersecting streets in one direct nonstop path while avoiding contact with all intermediate corners.
See hypotenuse-tionanal-ize.
"There is no traffic in any direction at this intersection, it is appropriate to diagonalize" yelled Jane to her friend on the far corner.
diagonalize by MikeS August 15, 2006

Diagonalizability

just take its fucking diagonal matrix
-Yo, did you review Diagonalizability for our Linear final?

- Diagowho?
Diagonalizability by selim5 June 7, 2018

Diagonalize 

To diagonally cross a parking lot, while walking, to shorten the distance to the destination.
It started to rain, so we diagonalized to get there faster.
Diagonalize by L. BENTLEY November 27, 2023

diagonalizing 

To diagonalize somebody means, for example in psychotherapy, to point out incoherence / inconsistency in somebody's beliefs, also can be used in an argument in a more confrontational manner. Speaking in terms of computer science and math, diagonalization is related to stuff like: Lawvere's theorem, oracles, proof by contradiction
Timi: u need to stop diagonalizing ppl so bad bro, nobody understands nothin man; and them hoes get "the ick" if u know what I'm sayin
Myself: aight my bad gang. I appreciate ur kind feedback but Timi, if nobody understands nothin as u say, how come ur able to say this to me? Maybe it really makes sense :D
Timi: here we go again :)
diagonalizing by Sonic_tachyonic December 6, 2024

bang a you-ee 

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"
hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee
Word of the Day on July 19, 2026
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"
Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013
Word of the Day on July 18, 2026