nookball

n. a rare phenomenon in basketball whereupon the ball gets wedged in between the side of the rim and the backboard (the nook), resulting in a stoppage of play and a jump ball. Usually caused by a horrible shot, the nookball can also be a deadly weapon in a game of "HORSE."

"Jimmy's NBA dreams were crushed in 3rd grade pee-wee ball, when he fired up a nookball, sending both teams and their parents into a laughing frenzy"

nookball by bennydigital June 24, 2005

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Nootball

Disrespectful term for football. Best used to piss off your boyfriend

How’s your fantasy nootball going this week?

Nootball by Hotdog80085 November 6, 2022

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Nooball

A Nooball is someone or something that eats Noodles and meatballs

My brother is a Nooball

Nooball by Tonitones July 22, 2011

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noonball

Noun: Someone or something that is super cute and adorable, the type of thing or person you want to smush! This word originated from the adorableness of a female UCLA student.

"Your such a noonball!"
"Dude, she's such a noonball!"
"That fish is so noonball."

noonball by Kingsofdeath1 January 25, 2012

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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."

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"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."

A Booger In The Nose Of Progress by Rok'n'rol Wannabe October 19, 2006

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🤡🫵🏻

How to say "you're an idiot/clown" using only emojis.

Person 1: Insert completely incorrect and/or idiotic statement here
Person 2: 🤡🫵🏻

🤡🫵🏻 by Ubeenbamboozledson May 31, 2026

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fogey

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

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