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Lad bands

Any band consisting of all or mainly lads that write songs with an often slightly raunchy nature.
They're like boy-bands, but not shit.
Some examples of Lad bands are:
Arctic monkeys
The Fratellis
Fountains of Wayne
by The faces of Farhad December 15, 2017
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IT band injury

any of various injuries accrued in a mosh pit where you and your nerd buddies are playing virtual instruments on their blackberries in lieu of a band.
Leon "Dudes, I just went to Mike's sweet party and there were a bunch of nerds from the IT department there playing the Star Wars Theme Song on their Blackberries, and I was totally rocking out and hit my head on Mike's pocket protector and it bled everywhere.

Other dudes, much more cool than Leon "Dang, man, sounds like a pretty bad IT band injury."
by Burgelflurg April 1, 2009
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radar the band

A group of half lousy gits who scream at eachother.
See those guys over there? That's radar the band!
by The willow wisp April 2, 2023
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Horny Band

A band from the mid 2000s that you'd listen to in your friend's basement under a disco ball with 5 of your closest friends while you played monopoly together and talked about how shitty it is now that your parents are divorced.
Bro, I just found a new horny band, can I put it on the playlist?
by McGibbins October 22, 2020
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Band of Steel

Man of steel played by a marching band with much skill.
Person 1: Did you hear the band of steel just before kickoff?
Person 2: Yeah they sounded great!
by Powderski September 23, 2014
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Shadow Banding

A reactive emotional pattern that develops in response to the rubber band effect. When one partner repeatedly snaps back into the relationship, the other—wary of the cycle—begins forming secret emotional or romantic connections. Shadow banding is the quiet stretch: a hidden coping mechanism born from mistrust, grief, or emotional exhaustion. It’s not about cheating—it’s about survival when the relationship feels unstable or unsafe.
After she came back and ran off the girls I was dating, I started shadow banding—keeping quiet connections just in case she left again.
by Briton Phillip September 3, 2025
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