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The Dying Swan

The extraordinary feat of anthropomorphic drama performed by a perfectly healthy teenager desperate to avoid school.

The teenager croaks, whines, whines and may even flutter non-existent wings before collapsing on the nearest couch.
They lie completely limp and keep speaking to a minimum, but may make a soft cooing noise. They do their utmost to show their mother, by means of wincing and gasping, the sheer scale of the physical agony they are bravely enduring. Experienced swans may even manage to squeeze out a tear, or look pale and vomit on demand.
Me: Is Katherine going in today?
Mum: No. She's very ill. Very ill indeed. She's got a very high temperature and looks just awful.
Me: What?! It's just the dying swan act! I saw her put the thermometer in the microwave when you went to get dressed!
The Dying Swan by Macnoonan January 30, 2009
Related Words

Dying Whale 

If you're in class or in an important, quiet room then your stomach pulls it's special move known as the dying whale, your stomach starts moaning in a way that can only be described as a dying whales last moans.

It causes embarrassment as it only happens in inconvenient times.
So, always make sure you have plenty to eat or your stomach might go dying whale on you.
Whilst I was in class, my stomach tried to pull a dying whale on me, I was leftmortified and humiliated as I felt my inner dying whale let it's voice be heard.
Dying Whale by DyingWhale January 17, 2015
Laughing uncontrollably due to a joke which someone said.
LaFonda said something so funny, I was dying.
dying by Phrasia Jackson October 24, 2008

Literally Dying 

When you just can't even and basically die.
This Starbucks line is so long, I'm literally dying.
Literally Dying by meow_zz August 18, 2016

Remember son dying is gay 

A joke reference to an old animation of TF2 Red Soldier's father saying that dying is game over an anime background.
Father: "Remember son dying is gay"
Son: "Yes Father"

dying fetus

Dying Fetus is a kick ass death metal band.
Dude you going to see dying fetus and skinless tonite?
dying fetus by ffhk1 June 5, 2004