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illegitimi non carborundum

Latin phrase meaning: Don't let the bastards grind you down
Mike - My girlfriend just cheated on me which makes me mad.
Bill - Just say to yourself illegitimi non carborundum!
by CCT July 6, 2008
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Carbonated Urine

"I'll have some bubbly piss, or a Budweiser. Yeah, carbonated urine."
by anotherdumbmonkey August 18, 2011
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Carbonat Erol

A racially motivated man, who likes to join livestreams and randomly call black people "Du Neger".
Manuellsen: "Guck mal hier ist das beste Beispiel: "Guck mal wir reden, und Carbonat Erol schreibt mir: "Du neger"".
by emirate April 14, 2022
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Tune the carborator

a discreet way of saying that you want and/or have played with someones nipples, without anyone suspecting anything otherwise.
*at the dinner table with parents*
john: did you meet up with sarah last night at the....garage?
paul: yeah man, she let me tune the carborator ;)
by DanBry September 9, 2009
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Carnorama

The fusion of two words – Car and Panorama – formed Carnorama, which signifies Automotive Views. Originated from the free online automotive community www.carnorama.com
What's your carnorama in regard to oil shortage?
by Turbo May 18, 2004
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illegitimis non carborundum

Don't let the bastards grind you down (from the mock-Latin word, illegitimatus, "bastard," and carborundum, an old brand of abrasives)
Whenever they take advantage of your disability, just remember this phrase, illegitimis non carborundum.
by Light Joker May 24, 2006
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nil bastardum carborundum

Literally: Don't let the bastards get you down. ie Keep up your struggle against unfair treatment. ("Bastards" in the sense of people who treat you unfairly).
"Are you struggling to obtain your legal rights? Nil Bastardum Carborundum." meaning, literally "don't let the bastards get you down" or "don't give up in your struggle against unfair treatment."

It is a phrase of made-up words designed to sound like a traditional Latin (the language of ancient Rome) motto as used by many schools, universities and similar organizations, also by wealthy high status families or anyone who aspires to such a condition. This type of made-up pseudo- (ie fake) latin is sometimes called cod latinor "pig latin" Compare with J.K. Rowling's motto for Hogwarts school Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus The wrong use of the latin-sounding words is intentionally ironic and carries an implication of a lower class or self- educated person sticking it to "the man", who presumably could afford a classical education.
by T. Regina March 25, 2011
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