Orphan with parents

A child. Feel free to call literally anyone with parents this.

Shut up Orphan With Parents.

by *Screams in Translate* June 18, 2021

orphan source

The term given to any kind of object or component containing radioactive material that was once part of medical equipment (radiotherapy machine), a scientific research instrument or bacterial irradiation device. Usually found in capsule form. Very dangerous as people may not know what it is and end up exposing themselves and others to the radioactive material within.

The Goiânia incident and lia radiological incident are classic examples of finding an orphan source and not knowing the dangers. In the lia incident, people found a metal cylinder that was emitting heat and slept beside it to keep warm, not knowing they were bathing themselves in deadly radiation. Don’t look it up as the photos showing the effects of the radiation are quite gruesome. Other examples are radioisotope thermoelectric generators left over from the soviet era that power lighthouses and navigation beacons. People have been known to break open the capsule to steal any metals worth selling and just leaving the broken capsule leaking radioactive material.

by glubglubglubglub June 23, 2025

orphan crushing machine

A theoretical device referenced when someone performs an act of generosity of kindness that is only possible because a horrible system has been normalized. Usually seen in "feel good" stories in the news where a child sells a collection so they can afford cancer treatment or a military veteran receives a prosthesis because of a GoFundMe.

Local man saves 500 orphans from the orphan crushing machine!

That's great news! Wait... why is there a machine that crushes orphans?

by v022 December 5, 2025

orphan source

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 glubglubglubglub March 13, 2025

Lil orphan a hole

A name Ocean O'Connell Rosenberg was called in the musical "Ride The Cyclone" by Mischa Bachinski.

"Well why don't you text your fiancee?:

"I told you there is no Wi-Fi, lil orphan a hole..."

by anonymous July 17, 2024

Orphan livers

When someone is very drunk or high, or otherwise affected in a way that makes them excitable or inebriated

"where's John?"
"Oh he won't be here, he was on the orphan livers again last night"
"And he didn't share?"

by The lemoner April 14, 2025

Orphan

The thing Technoblade kills when the orphans killed his parents from jealously
Aka great for a testing subject
Aka the thing nobody needs
Aka the stupid thing
Aka the thing you can burn with you have no mom joke

I Have been throwing orphans off a ledge into a pit with a pig that can destroy everything and got 1000 win streak and on a potato war

by Melon132 January 12, 2023