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Cthulhu

A entity for H.P. Lovecraft's short story "The Call of Cthulhu" who also appears in several later stories, though CC is the only one that focuses on him. Cthulhu is a extraterrestrial being referred to as "Great Old Ones" and is generally associated with madness. It is said to have "yielded simultaneous pictures of an octopus, a dragon, and a human caricature.... A pulpy, tentacled head surmounted a grotesque scaly body with rudimentary wings." While no specifics of it's height have been given, in the Climax of Call of Cthulhu, when some sailors stumble upon the formerly-sunken city of R'lyeh, the city in which Cthulhu is said to be sealed, they accidentally release the monster, and one said it was "A mountain that walks or stumbles", implying it's enormous height.

For some reason, Cthulhu along with the other Great Old Ones have been sealed away, and is said that Cthulhu one day will awaken and release the Great Old Ones and they will resume the rule of Earth, and there will be a "Holocaust of freedom and ecstasy". the Great Old Ones telepathically talked with the earliest humans, and started the infamous Cult of Cthulhu.

many real life cults have been started and can be found on the internet. I'm not sure which scares me more, the Cthulhu cults, or the other religions.
In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming

I had a nightmare about Cthulhu last night
by Ttam2045 March 4, 2010
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Cthulu

Cthulhu mis-spelled.
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by Shuballah June 11, 2006
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Cthulhu

Cthulhu is a real mighty big octopus y'all!
by Godbuster May 30, 2016
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Reverse Cthulhu

When someone jams multiple penises into their mouth at once. Resembling the Lovecraftian God Cthulhu, but in reverse since the tentacles (penises) are going into the mouth instead of out.
At the gangbang, TJ reverse Cthulhu-ed 15 guys!
by MFLongHair May 25, 2011
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Cthulhu

He who lies dead but dreaming. He who lies waiting under the waters, ever seeking entrance into the world of the living, so The Ancient Ones may rule the Earth once more.
"That is not dead which can eternal lie. And with strange aeons even death may die."-H.P. Lovecraft
by E April 5, 2005
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callsign of cthulhu

KC2THU - Assigned to Cthulhu when he passed his ham license test.
I worked Cthulhu on 20 meters last night. He used his new callsign of Cthulhu.
by K2ORS SK January 11, 2009
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Campus Crusade for Cthulhu

A student group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ran for the sole purpose of extracting serious lulz from the otherwise deadened student populace. The organization is a grotesque parody of the Campus Crusade for Christ but does reflect the cult-like following the works of Lovecraft et al. have garnered at MIT. Various activities include Sunday readings from the Necronomicon, the BBQ goat sacrifice during Campus Preview Weekend and Rush, and idol crafting circles. Their goal is to ensure they are eaten last when Cthulhu devours the world...so they can watch everyone else's suffering.
Student 1: "Hey, you gonna join CCC?"
Student 2: "Yeah, Christ rocks!"
Student 1: "Oh, no, man, I was talking about the Campus Crusade for Cthulhu!"

CCCMIT member: "Join us, and you shall be devoured last when mighty Cthulhu awakens and rises from the city of R'yleh!"
by MITFroshling#1 December 13, 2010
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