Ordinary Seaman

Entry level deck department position aboard a Merchant Ship of the United States. After 365 days seatime, an O.S. can test for advancement to Able Bodied Seaman.

The Ordinary Seaman usually chips paint and rust, paints, splices and repairs lines, and assists (somewhat) in cargo operations and especially mooring/unmooring of the vessel.

The Captain of the ship started as an Ordinary Seaman on deck, and worked his way up the hawsepipe.

by DeepSeaSailorGuy May 30, 2007

Ordinary Cat

The opposite of a cool cat. Someone who is just absolutely mid in every way possible.

“oh that guy over there, he’s just an ordinary cat”

“what’s an ordinary cat?”
“he’s just not that cool of a cat”

by jj179263 February 20, 2024

Ordinary Extraordinary Theory

A theory stating that extraordinary evidence, even when proven true and confirmed beyond reasonable doubt, is systematically treated as ordinary, minimized, excluded, or ignored in the short and medium term. Where Normal Anomaly Theory addresses anomalies (exceptions to patterns), Ordinary Extraordinary Theory addresses evidence that should be transformative—findings that should change how we understand the world but are instead treated as mundane, unremarkable, or irrelevant. The theory explains why genuinely extraordinary discoveries often receive yawns rather than celebrations, why journalists bury leads that should be front-page news, why policymakers ignore evidence that should reshape policy. The extraordinary is made ordinary through a thousand small acts of dismissal: it's not that exciting, it's just one study, we already knew that, it won't change anything. By the time the evidence can no longer be ignored, its transformative potential has been blunted by decades of being treated as nothing special.

Example: "The study should have revolutionized the field—but Ordinary Extraordinary Theory meant it was published, cited a few times, and then quietly forgotten, its implications too disruptive to actually absorb."

by Dumu The Void March 14, 2026

Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time

An internet show on YouTube done by a Swede who yells at the camera interchangably in English and Swedish (or 'Swenglish') and prepares his food/dish/course/whatever in an incredibly over the top manner, usually involving smashing, throwing, and breaking things and just generally causing a mess. He also lives with another character called Mr Fox, who frequently outsmarts and beats him. It usually involves some gimmick before the actual episode and also an instance of him eating a 'pre-dinner snack' (usually a spoonful of mayonnaise), after which he says "It's good for you".

Episode of Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time:
*is sitting on toilet*
*reaches for toilet paper, realizing there is none*
"MR FOOOOOOX!"

by EpicGuy July 30, 2012

out of the ordinary

bizarre, exceptional, incredible, notable, odd, off the beaten track, offbeat, one of a kind, out of this world, special, strange, uncommon, unheard of, unique, unusual, wonderful

Moses told the pretty girl... wow Daniela, you are out of the ordinary. you are somethin else.

by prettygirl20olo January 7, 2012

extra ordinary

super normal since your extra ordinary like wtf you’re not different. just go back to ben shaw life and be a legendary prospect that just ate to many cakes at hooters

wow bourneo missed an open net. what an extra ordinary play. he should honestly just kill himself. this is smocket league

by balec December 23, 2021

a life less ordinary

Relatively unknpwn movie starring Cameron Diaz (post "The Mask") and Ewan McGregor (post "Trainspotting"), supported by Holly Hunter and Delroy Lindo.
Applies when you feel like your life has taken a turn for th worst, but it ends up being a turn for the best.
Also, an awesome movie.

Have you seen A Life Less Ordinary?

Yeah, it's AWESOME!!

by S.RX October 10, 2009