An orphan is where your ass is so sweaty that you can't get enough traction with your dry fingers to complete the wipe. The toilet paper just hangs there stuck to your ass. You'll need to get more toilet paper to rescue the dangler.
My swamp ass took me by surprise. I went to wipe, but when I brought the toilet paper to eye level to check for blood, it was MIA. Had to grab another ream to rescue the orphan. Sweet Jesus, I hope the toilet doesn't back up.
by Shart Enthusiast May 24, 2016

Verb: To leave behind, dump, never return for; an unwanted person or thing, to be forgotten
Noun: Orphanation
Synonyms: orphan, orphaningly
Noun: Orphanation
Synonyms: orphan, orphaningly
by The Goat Herder December 29, 2020

A vinyl record player originally sold with an integrated Hi-Fi system, that has since become separated from said system and is thus unusable due to proprietary connectors and the lack of an audio amplifier.
Person A: “I brought this record player from a thrift store, but when I tried to use it I noticed it only has weird connectors I’ve never seen before.”
Person B: “That’s an orphan turntable. Don’t waste any more time or money getting it to work.”
Person B: “That’s an orphan turntable. Don’t waste any more time or money getting it to work.”
by MouthfulOfMortein February 26, 2024

The term given to any instrument, vessel or dial containing radioactive material that belongs to scientific, industrial, commercial, domestic or medical equipment.
An example of an orphan source would be the chamber containing the radioactive source inside a smoke detector that became separate from the rest of the detector. Loads of incidents where people discovering orphan sources have happened, such as 3 men in a snowy Georgian forest finding two large metal cylinders that were emitting heat and had melted the snow around them. The men decided to use them to stay warm not knowing what they were and suffered radiation poisoning.
by Apple=Airbus, Samsung = Boeing March 13, 2025

The rarely disciplined child that a single mom brings into her marriage with a betabux provider.
Usually, the product of a one-night stand or short-term fling with an alpha male who isn't in the kid's life.
Alpha Orphans are frequently mentioned in their mother's online dating profile along with the statement "My kid(s) come first".
Usually, the product of a one-night stand or short-term fling with an alpha male who isn't in the kid's life.
Alpha Orphans are frequently mentioned in their mother's online dating profile along with the statement "My kid(s) come first".
Example 1
Keith: Dude, I was interested until I saw "Proud mom" in her profile.
Wesley: Damn... Alpha Orphans.
Example 2
Husband: Honey, we've been married 4 years now. Can we have a kid now?
Wife: No! I already have two alpha orphans.
Keith: Dude, I was interested until I saw "Proud mom" in her profile.
Wesley: Damn... Alpha Orphans.
Example 2
Husband: Honey, we've been married 4 years now. Can we have a kid now?
Wife: No! I already have two alpha orphans.
by GraveHeretic June 11, 2020

A term sometimes used humorously or creatively as a name for a fictional cocktail. In popular culture, "Orphan tears" may refer to a made-up drink with a whimsical or dark connotation.
by Spaziergang entlang der Donau June 21, 2023

by childeater68419 January 3, 2022
