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in the wild

used when something (especially from a fandom) is seen or mentioned in an unexpected or/and off-topic place.
NO WAY. OSC SPOTTED IN THE WILD.
in the wild by RenaRoach May 11, 2024

psychologists in the wild 

A phrase that aptly describes the predatory nature of those who use their carefully sharpened ‘street’ understanding of human nature designed to successfully scam people all over the world, using a simple phone or computer.
These folks are essentially psychologists in the wild, having honed their sociopathic skills to suck money in ways that cannot be traced from the bank accounts of vulnerable and trusting individuals who are caught off-guard by the crafted situations they present which produce sudden anxiety and fear and which so often leads to frequent jackpots for them.

Bear in the Wilderness 

A female who had sexual relations with 99.99% of your male friends, and attempts to get with the .001% of your male friends at your party. Most likely has an std and will pass it on to unsuspecting friends. Is like a bear, and will eat as much meat as possible to survive.
You're about to hook up with that michelle girl. You're gonna Bear in the Wilderness???

Horrible Monkeys in the Wilderness

If they find you, they will eat you.
The Horrible Monkeys in the Wilderness aren't even clever, and they got my leg.
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
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