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Build cathedrals just to fart in them

(idiom)

To put deep care and meaning into something - only to follow it with something hilariously undignified, awkward, or unexpected. A poetic expression of how beauty and absurdity coexist.
He gave a TED Talk that moved the crowd to tears while trying to suppress a fart - and tripped walking offstage letting it rip. We build cathedrals just to fart in them.

We spent hours crafting a delicate love letter to humanity… then added a joke about a presence queef. We build cathedrals just to fart in them.
by Ashfires September 6, 2025
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just a small scratch

Broken bones , destroyed body , nothing is all right , death is 2mm from your face.
Anime girl : Are you okay?
Main Character : *near death* It's just a small scratch...
by Please send help, it's so cold December 31, 2017
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just the lip

Come on baby, scissor me timbers! Give me something! Even just the lip!
by Smashinit March 16, 2020
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Just The Norms

The dryest content creator out. Dryer than my nanas saggy mick
Just the norms is ugly
by JustTheNorms_ November 22, 2021
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JUST GOOGLE IT

by zitherng August 5, 2022
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Just Chicken It

Some one that is just chillin and kicking it for the day/night.
Dude- so what’s up with u tonight
Other dude- notta just chicken it
by GrinAnnBareIt January 26, 2021
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