The act of claiming you'll do something well, but then being physically or metaphorically knocked down.
The phrase comes from the 2017 motion picture Dunkirk, directed by Christopher Nolan, which featured a character called George, who, despite claiming he would be 'useful', was kicked down a staircase and SPOILERS later died.
The phrase comes from the 2017 motion picture Dunkirk, directed by Christopher Nolan, which featured a character called George, who, despite claiming he would be 'useful', was kicked down a staircase and SPOILERS later died.
by Pikmin September 13, 2017
by Jbeavs July 03, 2010
by Ipanema October 18, 2021
This is a sexual term referring to the historic evacuation of 400,000 British soldiers from France during World War II. It is when the man ejaculates into a woman's vagina, then sucks all of it back out through her rectal area, then kisses it right back into her mouth.
I almost pulled out. But I didn't! So I had to perform a Dunkirk Evacuation to get those sperm cells out of there and into a safer territory.
by carebearseverywhere September 23, 2021
Dunkirk, NY (noun, state of mind)
A decaying post-industrial town in Western New York that looks like an episode of Cops from 1997. Known for lake-effect snow, shitty schools, and an economy powered by dollar stores and factory fumes. If you’ve read the 2009 definition by “Dunkirk Dave,” it’s like that, but with more fentanyl. Most houses haven’t been maintained since 1930, and if they have, it wasn’t done right.
Drive anything newer than 2010 and someone in Cookie Monster pajama pants will ask if you’re a doctor. Someone will break into your car for a phone charger and 73 cents. The beach? Trash, goose shit, and tetanus.
There are three life paths:
Work in a factory
Move to Fredonia
OD in the Kwik-Fill bathroom
Key Identifiers:
The Point – A goose-shit covered park
The Rez – Where you get smokes unless you're loyal to Newports.
Rookies/Spike’s/Fillmore – Roofied, Robbed, or Stabbed. Pick one.
Purina Smog – Dog-food-scented fog. Locals don’t smell it. Visitors gag.
Fredonia – Where the middle class pretends they made it.
Buffalo Pipeline – A dream of city life without ever leaving WNY.
Dunkirk isn’t a hometown; it’s a slow erosion of spirit. If you escape, you carry it forever like a scar.
A decaying post-industrial town in Western New York that looks like an episode of Cops from 1997. Known for lake-effect snow, shitty schools, and an economy powered by dollar stores and factory fumes. If you’ve read the 2009 definition by “Dunkirk Dave,” it’s like that, but with more fentanyl. Most houses haven’t been maintained since 1930, and if they have, it wasn’t done right.
Drive anything newer than 2010 and someone in Cookie Monster pajama pants will ask if you’re a doctor. Someone will break into your car for a phone charger and 73 cents. The beach? Trash, goose shit, and tetanus.
There are three life paths:
Work in a factory
Move to Fredonia
OD in the Kwik-Fill bathroom
Key Identifiers:
The Point – A goose-shit covered park
The Rez – Where you get smokes unless you're loyal to Newports.
Rookies/Spike’s/Fillmore – Roofied, Robbed, or Stabbed. Pick one.
Purina Smog – Dog-food-scented fog. Locals don’t smell it. Visitors gag.
Fredonia – Where the middle class pretends they made it.
Buffalo Pipeline – A dream of city life without ever leaving WNY.
Dunkirk isn’t a hometown; it’s a slow erosion of spirit. If you escape, you carry it forever like a scar.
(place) - "I can't wait to get the fuck out of Dunkirk."
(state of mind) - "You can take a person out of Dunkirk, but you can't take the Dunkirk out of them."
(state of mind) - "You can take a person out of Dunkirk, but you can't take the Dunkirk out of them."
by Not Dunkirk Dave April 26, 2025