Used to describe anything or everything. Was first used as a substitute for last names. Also short form for a group of misfits or gays.
"Who are those kids over there?
"Oh, nevermind them, they're flans!"
"What's his last name again"
"Let's just call him O'Flannigan!"
"Oh, nevermind them, they're flans!"
"What's his last name again"
"Let's just call him O'Flannigan!"
by Cornelius Mynock December 29, 2007
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Flanagan's Law can be a useful guide to preparation for challenges when combined with Murphy's Law: it's not just that if anything can go wrong, it will; it's that whatever goes wrong will go wrong in a way you didn't expect.
Flanagan's Law can be a useful guide to preparation for challenges when combined with Murphy's Law: it's not just that if anything can go wrong, it will; it's that whatever goes wrong will go wrong in a way you didn't expect.
Helene Hanff, popularizer of the phrase, hoped to advance her future as a playwright or actress by reading classic literary works from a very old-fashioned reading list. She began to order books she couldn't find in New York from an English bookstore. It was her correspondence and friendship with the bookstore staff that made her famous: Flanagan's Law.
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a devilish creature known only to a very few number of people, belived to be phycotic, that usually lives within a womans big toe nail.
Theres a flagnod bulging out of my toe!
Does anyone know a good remady for getting rid of annoying flagnod's?
Does anyone know a good remady for getting rid of annoying flagnod's?
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Get the flarnge mug.Short form of "Fart Next To You" It's when a person farts (or flatulates) next to you silently and does not admit their deed.
When someone says "name that tune" and lets it rip, that's not farnextia but when someone lets a silent but deadly fart and no one admits to doing it, usually the first one who smells it dealt it.
by farnextia August 28, 2005
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