play stupid

Pretending to be ignorant to get out of trouble

"Excuse me sir, can I see your ticket...you are in the wrong seat, this is the sky box section, you are supposed to be in the bleachers.
"Oh, I had no idea, how do you even get there?
"Go out make a left or right, and go all the way to the other side of the stadium."
"Okay thanks"
...
"Haha, I love to play stupid, it works every time."

play stupid by dhun March 30, 2015

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play stupid games, win stupid prizes

A warning that dictates that intentionally doing something agreed to be foolish or stupid will only result in negative consequences for the person doing the idiotic thing.

Jack apparently looked down the barrel of his pistol to see why it wasn't firing. It seems he didn't remember the maxim of "play stupid games, win stupid prizes" and blew his brains out on accident.

play stupid games, win stupid prizes by Intelligence001 March 25, 2022

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play stupid games, win stupid prizes

When the consequence of a dumb action was entirely forseeable and results in dumb consequences.

A man raped a horse then the horse kicked him to death."

"*shrug* You play stupid games, win stupid prizes."

play stupid games, win stupid prizes by penisshakes June 2, 2022

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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."

or

"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

Word of the Day on June 2, 2026

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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

Word of the Day on June 1, 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

Word of the Day on May 31, 2026

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Jarlic

Minced garlic in a jar

Add a tablespoon of jarlic to two teaspoons of butter and spread it in bread to make garlic bread

Jarlic by YSAC fanboy June 6, 2020

Word of the Day on May 30, 2026

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