Raygun (noun): A slang term describing someone who exudes extreme confidence but lacks the necessary skills or talent to back it up. This term often applies to individuals whose boldness and self-assurance lead them to take on tasks or challenges well beyond their capabilities, resulting in outcomes that are more comedic than successful. The term is inspired by instances where overconfidence leads to unintentional humor or failure, making the person a source of amusement rather than admiration.
Example 1: “He walked into the karaoke bar like he was the next superstar, but when he started singing, it was pure Raygun—all swagger, no talent.”
Example 2: “She confidently entered the chess tournament, trash-talking every opponent, but her moves were so bad it was a total Raygun moment. Everyone was laughing by the end.”
Example 2: “She confidently entered the chess tournament, trash-talking every opponent, but her moves were so bad it was a total Raygun moment. Everyone was laughing by the end.”
by EinSpace August 13, 2024
**Raygun (noun)**: A slang term describing someone who exudes extreme confidence but lacks the necessary skills or talent to back it up. This term often applies to individuals whose boldness and self-assurance lead them to take on tasks or challenges well beyond their capabilities, resulting in outcomes that are more comedic than successful. The term is inspired by instances where overconfidence leads to unintentional humor or failure, making the person a source of amusement rather than admiration.
"He walked into the karaoke bar like he was the next superstar, but when he started singing, it was pure *Raygun*—all swagger, no talent."
"She confidently entered the chess tournament, trash-talking every opponent, but her moves were so bad it was a total *Raygun* moment. Everyone was laughing by the end."
"She confidently entered the chess tournament, trash-talking every opponent, but her moves were so bad it was a total *Raygun* moment. Everyone was laughing by the end."
by EinSpace August 13, 2024
Really bad break dancing moves pulled off by a middle aged woman who is dancing like no-one is watching.
Coined after Rachael "Raygun" Gunn the Australian Olympic Breakdancer who scored 0 in the Breaking Event at Paris 2024 Olympics after a disastrous amateurish performance in which she looked like a drunk Mum at a wedding.
Coined after Rachael "Raygun" Gunn the Australian Olympic Breakdancer who scored 0 in the Breaking Event at Paris 2024 Olympics after a disastrous amateurish performance in which she looked like a drunk Mum at a wedding.
1: Did you see Aunty Sharon at the wedding?
2: Yes she really went full Raygun on us didn't she. Did the kangaroo and everything.
1: We'll have to keep her away from the Chardonnay at Christmas or she'll put her back out
2: Yes she really went full Raygun on us didn't she. Did the kangaroo and everything.
1: We'll have to keep her away from the Chardonnay at Christmas or she'll put her back out
by Bunzenjane August 14, 2024
Jim pulled a raygun on the company potluck and now we are never allowed to have a potluck at work ever again.
The movie studio raygunned the Borderlands movie and now we will never have a future Borderlands movie.
The movie studio raygunned the Borderlands movie and now we will never have a future Borderlands movie.
by TURBOSAD August 12, 2024
I was told to give a presentation on quantum technology. I didn't know anything about it so i rayguned it!
Yeah, he's just gonna have to raygun it!
Rayguns like a pro!
Yeah, he's just gonna have to raygun it!
Rayguns like a pro!
by mike55551 August 12, 2024
A type of behavior that is the epitome of toxic positivity, where a person lacks self awareness and displays no self criticism who then further goes onto gaslight people who call them out on their sub standard or acceptable behavior and or performance. Possibly suffering from narcissism, displays a lack of accountability, is highly manipulative and maintains a constant aura of victimhood. Ethical behavior is viewed as highly subjective and the view of self and grandeur are the most important outcome regardless of what it does to the rest of society.
Why did Hitler not give up the war towards the end of WW2, even though the closest to him also knew that Germany had lost. He just Rayguned it, I mean he was not going to admit that he had doomed his people and caused mayhem and destruction like the world had never seen, he thought "I'll just Raygun it to the end".
by JaeTae August 16, 2024
The epitome of toxic positivity, where a person lacks any self awareness and has no self criticism yet continues to foster an environment of praise and exuberates self praise. Has been gaslit all their life into believing they can do no wrong and that they themselves are possibly a victim of circumstance or some negative connotation and thus will continue to gaslight others while living in a spiral of narcissism and celebrate below mediocre outcomes through a sense of unjustified entitlement.
"Why did Hitler continue to push his forces towards the end of world war 2 even though he had clearly lost and every competent person around him knew that he had several years before." He just Rayguned it, he wasn't going to turn around and say, "mate I stuffed up, we shouldn't be in this position," he was like "I am going to Raygun this all the way. "
by JaeTae August 16, 2024