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Do you want to know how I got these scars?

What the Joker says to people before telling them a story about how he got the scars on the sides of his mouth in The Dark Knight.

The first story involves his drunk father killing his mother, then cutting the sides of his son's mouth with a knife to make it appear as if he is always smiling. This is where the line "Why So Serious?" is said in the movie.

The second story is different, in which he talks about his wife. He states that he puts a razor in his mouth and moves it around, therefore cutting himself, giving himself more scars.
Story 1: Do you want to know how I got these scars? My father was a drinker, and a fiend. And one night he goes off crazier than usual. Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself. He doesn't like that. Not. One. Bit. So, me watching, he takes the knife to her, laughing while he does it. He turns to me, and he says, "Why so serious?" He comes at me with the knife, "Why so serious?" He sticks the blade in my mouth, "Let's put a smile on that face!" And...Why so serious?

Story 2: Well, you look nervous. Is it the scars? Do you wanna know how I got them? C'mere...Hey, look at me...So I had a wife. Beautiful, like you, who tells me I worry too much; who tells me I oughta smile more, who gambles and gets in deep with the sharks. Hey...One day they carve her face. We have no money for surgeries; she can't take it. I just want to see her smile again. Hm? I just want her to know that I don't care about the scars! So, I stick a razor in my mouth and do this to myself. And you know what? She can't stand the sight of me! She leaves. Now I see the funny side. Now i'm always smiling!
by Painted in Laughter October 11, 2008
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scary ass nigga

a nigga whos too afraid to do shit
me "Yo Mark you trying to go swimming at the beach?" Mark "hell naw what if a shark comes?" me "you scary ass nigga their ain't gonna be no damn sharks"
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Scavenger

Someone who takes someone's belongings (esp food items) from them while they are gone or in another room; the act of taking things/food items, esp multiples, that someone or a group of people has left.
In order to get some of the dudes french fries, the scavenger waited for him to leave, and took them while he was gone.
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scaroused

To be scared and aroused on at the same time.
Gina: And then he almost punched me in the face, and I got a little scaroused.
Becky: ....I think there's something wrong with you.
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scared turtle

When your penius shrinks back up towards the body due to the cold enviroment.
Ohhhh damn I got a scared turtle when that fat bitch Nicole tried to pick me up.
by Ohhhh Donny August 22, 2007
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scapegoat

(n.) A scapegoat is an event person or object that is used to lay the blame on for all that goes wrong, regardless of the contributions of others. This will usually carry on until the scapegoat has gone, or has managed to successfully defend itself against the arguements presented to it.

The word comes from Judaism. During mass reconciliation the rabbi would bring a goat to the alter. The sins of the people would be absorbed into the goat, and it would then be killed, its' blood staining the alter until cleansed. This is what Jesus Christ reflected in his crucifixion, being a scapegoat.


(v.) to make the scapegoat
I will not be made a scapegoat.


To be a scapegoat is to take heat.


Scapegoat was often burned, but sometimes the poor stole it and ate it.
by Kung-Fu Jesus June 6, 2004
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Scalper

Someone who purchases large quantities of goods (usually tickets) early with the sole intention of re-selling them at a higher price at a later date (closer to the event).
Seedy looking guys outside stadiums avoiding police and trying to sell tickets to baseball/football games which are about to start.
by ~Sunigirl~! January 28, 2004
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