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cankedort

A sticky situation; a royal mess, a snafu, where you're between a rock and a hard place, in a pickle, up shit creek without a paddle. Specifically, a place or situation that is associated with hesitant, uncertain behaviour.

Also spelled "kankedort" and "kankerdort".

From "canke(re)d" (meaning "crabbed", from the astrological belief that the Sun stops or turns back in its course when it's in the constellation of Cancer the crab) + "ort" (from the Middle Dutch "oord/oort", "place, country, region")
(Spargo, John. “Chaucer's Kankedort (Troilus and Criseyde II, 1752).” Modern Language Notes, vol. 64, no. 4, 1949, pp. 264–266)
But now to yow, ye lovers that ben here,
Was Troilus nought in a cankedort?
(Tell me, lovers who've been there:
Troilus was up shit creek, wasn't he?)
- Geoffrey Chaucer, "Troilus and Criseyde"

"I just got a text that she missed her last period. What do I say?"
"Shit, man! You're in a cankedort."
"What? "
"It means you're in trouble."
"Oh, gee, thanks a lot, Captain Obvious!"
by Seadog Driftwood September 20, 2017
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Canned Sardine

A rather large, overweight person wearing a coat or jacket too small for him/her.
Harold went to go buy a coat and when he went to try it on, someone told him he was a Canned Sardine.
by Crusty Joe August 31, 2010
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In my dry basement area with no sunlight I placed my canned Jew into my basement by the canned chicken !
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Canned Coochie

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ALL LESBIANS ARE SWEATING ;)))))))))))) DRIP DRIP WET WET
"I like Canned Coochie."

"Really? Same."
"HANNAH SWEETY LISTEN TO ME."
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Canned coochie for those ugly mistakes
If you buy canned coochie you got a shrimp.
by Trumphater— September 22, 2019
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Caned in public

In certain non western countries, to be physically beaten/flogged in public with heavy wooden canes
In Indonesia for example, they don't know what Sodom and Gomorrah is, but people are caned in public for homosexuality, even perceived homosexuality.
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Booty Canker

A gangrenous or ulcerous sore, generally found in the mouth. When eating copious amount of salt and vinegar chips it has been found to cause cankers in the entrance mouth and exit booty.
I have to sit on an O-ring, I ate an entire bag of salt and vinegar chips and my booty cankers are killing me!
by Dispatch Diva May 7, 2011
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