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noise-to-signal ratio

The proportion of irrelevant, off-topic, inflammatory, nonsensical, spammy, screaming, content-free, trolling, or otherwise useless statements to actual useful, worthwhile communication.

From the informal sense of signal to noise ratio, but inverted to emphasize the "noise".
"That discussion board used to be a great place to talk about politics, but now the noise-to-signal ratio is through the roof!"

"Typically, a demagogue actually benefits from nonsensical, contradictory and inflammatory statements and agendas. Ironically, the higher the noise-to-signal ratio, the more effective they become since any useful information would actually rein them in."
(adapted from Raul and JonG)
by Grinning Cat October 10, 2012
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Norse Invader

1. (v) When a man and woman are having sex in the wheelbarrow position in the front lawn or front porch, then as the man climaxes he grabs the woman's torso and charges at the front door smashing his partner through the door headfirst.
Olga has a pretty bad neck injury from the Norse Invader that Sven gave her last week.
by Speedo_spink August 13, 2006
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Making Noise

Doing something big. Making major moves.
1.Josh is making noise when he brought that Bentley Coupe and that mansion.
by Your damn cousin June 16, 2011
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Wipe his nose

”Wipe his nose” means running up on someone to murder or rob them
“Yo let’s wipe his nose
by YoungRadiator January 11, 2020
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fuck that noise

phrase used to dismiss something that's stupid or that you shouldn't bother yourself with (Southern U.S.)
Girl: Tim brought his new girlfriend to my house last night.
Friend: Fuck that noise! You know he's just doing it to make you jealous!
by S.S. Quita April 3, 2005
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Nose clams

Charlie- Sweet delicious nose clams. These are the kind of nose clams that make you want to dance the night away

Bingo- What the hell are you talking about
by sixskin December 15, 2013
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Pick a rabbit's nose

It is a game created in Minnesota by teenagers that played way to much Call of Duty: Black Ops. The point of this game is to hit the other team's player with a tennis ball. To be "out" the player must be hit twice by the other team. This game could be played in a big field, park or other area that would work. You can have free for all this is were every man fights for himself.
This one time I was playing with friends and I hit one of them in the face with a tennis ball. Also another time we had an all out war at the local park. We came up with Pick a rabbit's nose when we played Black Ops for four hours straight.
by Orangeman123 December 31, 2012
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