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Brain Drain

An informal term referring to the mass emigration/exodus of highly intelligent/skilled individuals, such as scientists, historians, scholars or writers, from their country of origin, due to social and/or political upheaval, repression of free speech, or administrative attacks on intellectual institutions.

A notable example of this phenomenon would be the exodus of Albert Einstein, who fled to the United States to escape persecution under the Nazi regime.
"the current administration has brought about a new brain drain, as a sizeable number of notable individuals in intellectual fields have left the country behind in hopes of better prospects and more freedom in their work."
by queenofcringe October 23, 2025
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Rusty Drain pipe

The act of urinating inside his/her anus and they stand up and let it drain on you.
Last night, Stacy gave my a rusty drain pipe.
by Buccos26 December 8, 2018
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Naked Man Left in the Drained Pool

The naked man left in the drained pool is typically someone who was around something that started, and then there after it leaves, like a nostalgia nerd, or someone left in the middle after their two friends have a fight with each-other and break apart the friendship.
Jeez, my friend is still obsessed with Dungeon Keeper 2. What a naked man left in the drained pool.
by Ethanhead258 August 13, 2017
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three straw drain

When you're ready to leave a restaurant or bar, but you don't want to be wasteful and leave much of your frozen adult beverage in the glass, so you borrow two additional straws and down the remainder rapidly.
Rachel three straw drained her margarita so she could get home to watch the finale of her favorite show.
by HHM3 July 23, 2016
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Widget-Drain

To relieve a girl from her craziness.
Yo, we gotta widget-drain dat bitch.
by SamKington81 December 2, 2013
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Draining The Turkey

The period of time after getting in a fight with someone, in-between "We are kinda talking again, but it's kinda cold..." and "Hell yea baby everything is gravy as fuck."

(Because you are draining the juices from the turkey to use in the gravy.)
Mark: Hey Breanna, are you and Izzabella talking again?
Breanna: Workin' on it man, we're draining the turkey.
by scrubs2342 July 25, 2011
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Drain the castle moat

I have to drain the castle moat.

Urinate urination
by Lipperella October 6, 2017
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