Netflix Effect

When an online company takes so much business away from a storefront business that it is forced to shut down.

John: Hey, did you hear Borders is closing?

Jane: Yep, all of those digital book readers took all of their business away. It's called the Netflix effect.

Netflix Effect by prufessa July 22, 2011

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Netflix Effect

When a person watches a TV series on Netflix and subsequently at least one season behind. Can cause confusion among fans when people under the effect do not know of recent events of the series.

Friend 1: Hey dude, did you like *insert show title here*?
Friend 2: Yea it's one of my favorites. Did you catch last episode? It was crazy what happened.
1: Oh. I only saw up to last season, I got Netflix.
2: You're under the Netflix Effect dude, you have no idea what you're missing out on.

Netflix Effect by Tree656 October 11, 2012

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Netflix Effect

when you open a online marketplace and can decide what to buy, watch or play, as you are overwhelmed with choices.

person 1:Man I can't decide what to watch!
person 2:thats called the Netflix effect

Netflix Effect by IH8KILLIE December 13, 2024

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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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Hair spider

A tight, tangled knot of loose hair and lint that forms inside clothing during the clothes dryer cycle. It typically hides inside garments, causing an annoying lump or a phantom tickling sensation against the skin until it is found or falls out onto the floor during folding.

I was folding my clothes and a huge hair spider fell out onto my hand

Hair spider by Kmorsels July 15, 2026

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