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Froked

the act of being scared, freaked out, spooked, and traumatized at the same time.
“bro, did you see that guy vanish?”
“i did!!! it totally froked me out!!!”
by TinyToadstool February 22, 2023
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footed'd

A word kallmekris made meaning contaminating something with your foot.
"Don't drink from that water. Some guy footed'd it"
by Addy K March 5, 2023
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forked off my spoon

When you fumble the bag so hard you may as well have made your spoon into a fork.
"I think I might have failed that exam. I forked off my spoon so bad, bro."
by Cozydinos August 21, 2024
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Forked wet Willy

A variant of the wet willy but rather than inserting a single, spit upon finger into someone's ear, two spit upon fingers from the same hand are inserted into someone's nostrils.
I gave my dumb sister, Kathleen a forked wet willy right up the nose.
by Brudda20231015 October 14, 2023
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Forked

When you are unable to decide on something, or torn between 2 choices.
Bro 1: Man, I can't decide what to eat for dinner
Bro 2: I know bro, I'm so forked rn
Bro 1: I don't know what we are going to do
by thatfunnygermanman November 4, 2023
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Fooded

Finished Eating food.
It's like painted, created, seated etc.
You have finished your food. Its food in past tense
I haven't fooded yet
by Prishhhh March 20, 2024
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Fooled by Randomness Theory

The theory, from Taleb's book of the same name, that humans systematically misinterpret random events, seeing patterns where none exist and attributing skill to luck. Fooled by Randomness Theory argues that we are narrative creatures, wired to find stories in noise, to see causes where there are only correlations, to believe we understand what is actually random. Successful traders are often just lucky, not skilled; failed entrepreneurs are often just unlucky, not incompetent. The theory explains why we overestimate our ability to predict, why we trust experts who are actually random, why we build theories on statistical flukes. It's the foundation of skepticism about success stories, about "genius" CEOs, about anyone whose track record could be explained by chance. The theory doesn't deny skill; it insists on distinguishing skill from luck—and shows how bad we are at that distinction.
Example: "The hedge fund manager had ten years of brilliant returns. Fooled by Randomness Theory asked: could this happen by chance? The math said yes—a few funds will always be lucky by pure randomness. The manager was celebrated as a genius until the next ten years revealed the truth: he'd been lucky, not skilled. His investors had been fooled by randomness."
by Dumu The Void March 7, 2026
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