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hostage selfie

1. A selfie of you and someone you pulled into the photo without their prior knowledge, consent, or expectation.

2. A selfie that you take by sneaking up on someone as they're taking a selfie of themselves, grabbing them like a hostage-taker, and snapping the photo for them.
Dude: Bro, do you dare me to go up to that girl and take a hostage selfie?
Other dude: Bro, that'd be awesome. She'll never expect it.

Girl: Bro, that guy is taking selfies. Dare me to run up behind him and take a hostage selfie with his phone?
Other girl: Bro, that'd be awesome. He'll never expect it.
by Snap Captor January 22, 2016
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word hostage

When someone makes a hostile statement or question towards you of where you can not have any possible response whether it silent or out-loud of where the person won't get them angry at you.
Nick: You know what I hate? Video Games. But what I hate even more is people who side against video games just to agree with someone! Or the worst! When people don't have any views on the subject so they stay quiet... So what are your views on the subject?

Tom: ...Damn I'm being held word hostage.
by TheSovietNazi April 23, 2018
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Hostage Swarm

When a hostage discovers the door is unlocked and the other hostages find out. Hostage swarms only occur when there are many hostages. Some hostages may die in a hostage swarm. If you find yourself in a hostage swarm, pretend to be a captor so they run away from you.
My uncle Terry almost died in the hostage swarm the other day!
by wisewolf64 June 10, 2018
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Cuddle Hostage

when you’re trying to get out of bed, and your partner squeezes you tighter, because they need one or two more snuggles before starting the day. Coined by Shanna in a Dress in her song of the same title.
I was ready to get my day startied, but my spouse took me cuddle hostage.
by gRegWord July 7, 2021
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hostage talker

Someone who starts a conversation with you when in fact you have no wish to speak to them, then talks for ages without giving you an opportunity to excuse yourself without appearing rude.

Hostage talkers either enjoy making you uncomfortable or are completely oblivious to the fact that they are not wanted. People likely to be hostage talkers are mothers, younger brothers, bosses or people to whom you owe money.
Dave: Why isn't Mike here yet?
Steve: I think he ran into Linda in the hallway.
Dave: Damn, then he'll be ages. She's a hostage talker.
by George McBob June 9, 2009
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Free the hostages

Letting a fart go after holding many in due to being in the company of someone
I had been with my girlfriend and her parents all day. My stomach was aching due to holding the farts in fart napping, so I couldn't wait to leave the house and free the hostages.
by thelaird1 October 27, 2010
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Hostage crisis

- "hang on, I'll be right back. I've got a hostage crisis"
- "I had a sucsessful hostage relese"
- "The hostage crisis was a rough one. the release didn't go as planed."
by Timmay33 October 13, 2006
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