Derives from the episode of Mythbusters:
A saying that describes how close something was to happening. Usually uttered when in relief that something tragic did not occur.
The saying has it's origins in the Mythbusters episode where they rigged a dummy up to urinate on the third rail, of a railway track, which would subsequently give a lethal amount of electricity.
A saying that describes how close something was to happening. Usually uttered when in relief that something tragic did not occur.
The saying has it's origins in the Mythbusters episode where they rigged a dummy up to urinate on the third rail, of a railway track, which would subsequently give a lethal amount of electricity.
Jon: Aw mate imagine if you went out with Cersei.
Davos: I almost did.
Jon: No fucking way.
Davos: Yea, but she didn't like older guys, Christ, can you imagine? I nearly pissed on the third.
Davos: I almost did.
Jon: No fucking way.
Davos: Yea, but she didn't like older guys, Christ, can you imagine? I nearly pissed on the third.
by JohnJoeTheGood May 13, 2019

Living being that has zero parents, zero grandparents, zero great-grandparents and eight great-great-grandparents in common with other living beings.
quadruple-third-cousin.
by Simaduria July 26, 2024

Living being that has zero parents, zero grandparents, zero great-grandparents and seven great-great-grandparents in common with other living beings.
irregular-quadruple-third-cousin.
by Simaduria July 26, 2024

Someone who, in relation to others, has zero parents, zero grandparents, zero great-grandparents and four great-great-grandparents in common.
Irregular-triple-third-cousin.
by Cerejini May 21, 2024

by GasparThalasso June 21, 2025

by Axelavion May 12, 2022

Someone who, in relation to others, has zero parents, zero grandparents, zero great-grandparents and fourteen great-great-grandparents in common.
Septuple-third-cousin.
by Cerejini May 21, 2024
