Brightonism

A movement or philosophy where the aim is to win on Expected Goals at any cost, ignoring the actual scoreline. Graham Potter and his Brighton team is the best known proponent of this philosophy.

Arsenal lost the game yesterday but had better xg. Brightonism at its peak.

Brightonism by Camponxg February 27, 2021

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brightism

A tall tale told by an individual where 100% of the content is total poppycock.

I heard an awesome BRIGHTISM today. This guy at the gym said he unleashed a colony of centipedes in his house to take care of the spider problem.

brightism by Johnny Poopenstein July 22, 2009

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Brightonshire

The collective counties of West and East Sussex.

"I went down to Brightonshire the other day. Twas sunny like the windfart.

Brightonshire by Stephen W. Thomas May 9, 2005

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Brightism

The phenomenon in which a person hears someone's voice so much that they begin to imagine things in that voice.

Named after Kevan Brighting, the voice of the Narrator from "The Stanley Parable".

"I've played the Stanley Parable so much, that now whenever I'm reading, I imagine the Narrator's voice saying the words."
"Sounds like you've got Brightism."

Brightism by Xavien35449510 November 24, 2021

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bang a you-ee

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"

hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee

bang a you-ee by Pistolero Pierro May 4, 2008

Word of the Day on July 19, 2026

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Fleg

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

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Skeef

To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.

"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."

Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026

Word of the Day on July 17, 2026

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