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Pulling a cityboi

When you ask the group chat for information that can easily be verified by reading the points.
Mr. De Shan: Are we skipping class to goto this finance thing? Ref - email from the capt...

Otherwise someone might need to tell her we have class (not me).

Mr. Bez: It’s an academic Thursday on Monday silly guy.

Mr. De Shan: ofc ofc, makes total sense... Why is it a Thursday? What are we doing?

Mr. Bez: Bruh🤦 ♂️ Your pulling a cityboi rn.
by Mr. Le Port September 11, 2025
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pull a Houdini

pull a Houdini (idiom)

• To perform an unexpected act of misdirection, typically involving drama or suspense, in order to divert attention.

• Often used to describe suddenly disappearing, escaping from an undesirable situation, or seizing control of a narrative.

Etymology: From the stage name of Harry Houdini (1874–1926), the famed magician and escape artist, celebrated as the “master of misdirection.”
During the heated debate, the politician tried to pull a Houdini by steering the conversation toward his opponent’s record, effectively dodging the original question.

She is known to pull a Houdini at parties—one moment she’ll be in the middle of the dance floor, and the next she’s vanished without anyone noticing.
by anonymous September 12, 2025
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Pull a Klemen

When one man enters another in a manner while watching a Green Bay Packers game; usually when they are losing by at least 6 points.
“Man, that game last night made me pull a Klemen with my best friend. What a loss!”
by Scrubs67HNY September 12, 2025
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Pulling a Sherman

When someone claims to be the best at something but is completely unable to back it up. When tested, they fail incredibly.
He was talking a lot of game but ended up pulling a Sherman.
by Squoogies32 September 16, 2025
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Pulling Up the Ladder

A social phenomenon in which individuals or groups who have successfully advanced in status, wealth, or opportunity then act to block others from accessing the same path upward.

Key Features:

Motivated by fear of competition, scarcity mindset, or desire to protect hard-won status.

Can manifest in politics (e.g., immigrants opposing immigration), economics (e.g., professionals gatekeeping their fields), or class mobility (e.g., elites dismantling welfare or education programs they once benefited from).

Example (fictional): Raymond Leon in the movie "In Time" rises out of poverty to become a Timekeeper but enforces the very system that traps others where he once was.
Example (real): An immigrant who gained citizenship but campaigns to restrict immigration for others.
1. After becoming wealthy through public education, the politician now opposes funding for schools, effectively pulling up the ladder behind him.

2. Some immigrants, once they gain citizenship, support restrictive immigration policies — a classic case of pulling up the ladder.
by Social Climber September 16, 2025
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Pulling an Art

The act of spending hours meal prepping your lunch for the week, then eating it before the morning meeting. Leaving yourself without a lunch at lunchtime.
Man, its not even 8am, i guess im pulling an Art today. Gonna have to doordash lunch again.
by TreeSavage September 18, 2025
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Pulling a Ben

Drinking after saying 100x that you aren’t going to drink
To be pulling a Ben means you are drunk after telling everyone you are not drinking tonight
by Shoobs moonfish September 20, 2025
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