fork stuck in the road

A song line that seems to indicate ignorance, sloppiness, or lack of education on the part of the songwriter.

According to urban legend, the line in Green Day's "Good Riddance (The Time of Your Life)" "a fork stuck in the road" says that the fork is "stuck" rather than just "in the road" because of the mistaken idea that people somewhere back in "olden days" used to stick dinner forks into the road when they changed directions; the claim is often made that one or another member of Green Day told such a story during an interview, but if so there doesn't seem to be any such interview online. It really doesn't sound like them; they're a pretty bright bunch of people.
Alanis Morisette's "Ironic" is a fork stuck in the road; nothing she describes in the song is ironic.

"Hey, that doesn't mean what he thinks it means!"
"Relax, dude, at least it rhymes, and it's just a fork stuck in the road!"

Every time you hear the rolling thunder, you don't need to run, because the lightning already struck and you're still here to hear it.
by old lang guy September 29, 2006
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fork stuck in the road

Any exceptionally stupid or illiterate phrase found in a pop song. Particularly if it's then defended or expounded upon in various "meanings of lyrics" sites or in fan writing. A lot of pop stars were so totally created by parents/managers/agents/etc. that they went straight from a suburban bedroom to the celeb suites without having read a book or talked to a real person on the way, getting all their alleged education from other pop songs and tv.

The words "fork stuck in the road" originally occurred in a Green Day song, and in a later interview (urban legend has it) the songwriter came up with a long story about how people on journeys would stick a dinner fork into the road to show they'd been there or some such -- apparently being unaware that a dinner fork was originally a "forked spoon", i.e. one that split, the way a forked stick or a forked road splits, and that a "fork in the road" is a place where you make a decision, not a milestone or boundary marker. (I can find no evidence that any such interview occurred, but it seems to be widely believed in).
"Hey, somebody should tell Alanis that every time you hear the rolling thunder, it means the lightning already missed you. And read her a definition of ironic."

"That's like so unfair! She was saying that like, he runs away when there's no reason to! And she was making fun of the way people use the word ironic wrong!"

"Naw, it was just another fork stuck in the road. She's the fork stuck in the road goddess."
by old lang guy September 09, 2006
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road pack a turd

Not having the ability to poop for an extended period of time because of driving or riding in a vehicle.
Travis says: "Dave where are you going?"
Dave says: "I'm going to take a crap, i don't think i can road pack a turd for an hour!"
by travdizzle November 20, 2008
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old town road

fun song by <lil-nas-X> and billy ray cyrus
have you listen to old town road
by yee yeeeeeee May 13, 2019
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Dixie Bee Road

By far the best road in Fountain County to live on...Also know as the best road to race on.
Hey I wish i lived on Dixie Bee Road!!
by Awesomemomma September 02, 2010
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Texas Road Plow

While a girl is passed out, you put shit on your dick and insert it into her vagina.
To get back at my ex, I gave her a Texas road plow while she was sleeping.
by MILF_Hunter122 July 03, 2016
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Holy Fuck Road.

The one experience on any intoxicant whereupon you experience every single side-effect of that substance, as well as every desirable effect in equal measure.
"Man, I really needed last night but I wound up taking a turn on Holy Fuck Road. I was happy and relaxed, but had the feeling that I was insignificant and about to die which also made me tense"
by Y.I. Caers April 17, 2010
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