Must've been the wind

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The default, automatic response given by someone experiencing auditory hallucinations (often associated with schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders) when they hear a voice, sound, or noise that isn't there, and they need to quickly dismiss it to a concerned person nearby.

It's the verbal equivalent of hitting "dismiss" on a pop-up ad in your brain. The person saying it knows, on some level, that the source is internal, but saying this phrase is a coping mechanism to maintain a facade of normalcy and avoid further questions.

A phrase used to sarcastically or darkly describe the moment you realize you're having a symptom, but you're trying to play it cool so no one freaks out.

More broadly, any dismissive explanation for something clearly paranormal, supernatural, or just plain weird.

Friend: "Hey, are you okay? You just flinched and looked at the empty corner."
Person: "Huh? Oh, yeah, must've been the wind. Thought I heard something."

"The shadow-people were whispering my name again, but my roommate was looking at me, so I just shrugged and said, 'Must've been the wind.' Gotta keep up appearances."

"Did that painting just blink?" "Nah, must've been the wind."

by Kactiyde November 10, 2025

It's been true from the gecko.

Describes da fact dat a Government Employees Insurance Company policy has always been extremely easy to sign up for --- so easy, in fact, dat even an "ancient" caveman during da beginning of civilization could have done it.

Even if actor Jeff Daniel Phillips's "dumb 'n' crude" advertising-figure character takes a plane to a distant point on da globe, "there's always something" --- such as a huge poster mounted on da wall of da airport-terminal dat trumpets da company offering ridiculously-simple-to-get auto-coverage --- "to remind him of another place and time"; said reminder is nothing new: it's been true from the gecko.

by QuacksO November 12, 2025

I’ve been shot

Something that Barack Hussein Obama junior says every second of the day

I’ve been shot

by Guccipolo November 28, 2025

National Ignore Someone Who's Been Ignoring You Day

April 18th Ignore someone who hasn't opened your messages then replies with an urban dictionary definition of National Send Nudes Day

"Listen Brad I'm not sending you nudes today, it's National Ignore Someone Who's Been Ignoring You Day"

by Cuurah April 18, 2020

national ask the girl you've been talking to for months

ask the girl you have been talking to for months to secure that deal
get that girl and make it official

hey, did you hear? its national ask the girl you've been talking to for months.
It is? no way. I'm about to make it official.

by applebottomjeans2 October 15, 2020

Urban dictionary day yay this has been done before yay day

The day you not allowed to go on any other site except urban dictionary. 26th of December.

Person 1: oh hay it's urban dictionary day yay this has been done before yay day

Person 2: ok imma go on urban dictionary

by Kido123 December 25, 2020

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This phrase indicates a “woke” instagram account with zero basis in reality. Their post likely lack any factual or logical basis and therefore can’t stand up to any outside criticism or commentary. The phrase is used to reassure viewers that their echo chamber is safe from *trigger warning* outside penetration.

My fish Josh identifies as a guppy. Doctors assigned him shark at birth, but he has had numerous experimental surgeries to affirm his identity as a guppy. We’ve had issues with other fishes swimming into Josh’s stomach and sometimes people get micro aggressive about it - therefore Josh has decided up protect fishself and Comments on this post have been limited.

by Albus Doorknob January 12, 2023