Putting effort into something that’s clearly going nowhere — usually with enthusiasm, stubbornness, or misplaced hope. The modern, funnier cousin of “beating a dead horse.”
You know it’s pointless, but you keep going anyway.
You know it’s pointless, but you keep going anyway.
“Bro, she left you on read since April — stop humping possums 💀.”
“We’ve been waiting on that deal for months — feels like we’re just humping possums now.”
“This meeting’s been the same for two hours. Everyone’s just humping possums.”
“We’ve been waiting on that deal for months — feels like we’re just humping possums now.”
“This meeting’s been the same for two hours. Everyone’s just humping possums.”
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A sticky, problematic situation where the outcome is unknown and could lead to unforeseen consequences. A slang definition of a dilemma.
"I was trying to drive down the interstate but the traffic was terrible, then I heard there was a possum's tangle a few miles out."
"Everything was going alright that night at the party, but then when the cops showed up, we were in a real possum's tangle."
"Sorry I'm late, but I got myself into a real possum's tangle on the way here"
"Everything was going alright that night at the party, but then when the cops showed up, we were in a real possum's tangle."
"Sorry I'm late, but I got myself into a real possum's tangle on the way here"
by dumpsterdiver8 November 19, 2010
Get the Possum's Tangle mug.This is martial arts technique developed by Ryan Joseph Patterson and the Patterson brothers . Where an individual being beat mercilessly falls to the ground and lays in the fetal position and pretends to be dead in hopes that the beating will subside.
Bro you beat the fuck out of that dude! Is he dead ?? Nah, it’s a Patter Possum he’s fucked up though.
by Sacdeez55 October 5, 2018
Get the patter possum mug.Domestic electrician. One that sticks solely to domestic work and lives in the roofs of homes, fearful of other types of work in the trade such as commercial or industrial.
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Jack: well , possum on a gum bush, Bill, I've never seen anything like it before in my whole life
Jack: well , possum on a gum bush, Bill, I've never seen anything like it before in my whole life
by Ocho-sinco January 28, 2017
Get the possum on a gum bush mug.When driving slowly down a suburban street, bouncing the frontal hydraulics of your car quickly up and down, simulating driving over roadkill.
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