Scrub Turn

When someone who was previously going places drops their ambitions, often in favor of fitting in with a lower-achieving social circle.

Synonyms: To fall off, to lose one's edge

Etymology: From the pro wrestling term "heel turn" except instead of becoming a heel (villain), the person in question becomes a scrub (underachiever)

Diego got into a great university, but he took a scrub turn and centered his life mainly around drinking and playing video games with his buddies. Now a year after graduating college, he seems less talented than he was back in high school.

There's a lot of pressure to turn scrub, but you only get one life to make your dreams come true.

by GenTelGuy July 13, 2023

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tables the turn

A term which means to have the your power over someone flipped for you to become the powerless. This is humorous variation of "turn the tables" made to subvert expectation by flipping the order of words around, creating an absurdly worded sentence. Alternatively, the past tense of this phrase is "the turns have tabled"

I had enough of bossing me around, now it is me that tables the turn.

by Michael Washboard July 7, 2022

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turning colors

turning colors means to blush

“bro this guy got me turning colors”
“awww”

by ilikemascara June 1, 2023

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milwaukee turn

US Roads: Signal to other drivers an intent to turn right, switch to the shoulder lane, but instead of turning, one drives through the intersection, and merges back into the driving lane, usually cutting off traffic in the process.

That goober just did a milwaukee turn and cut me off!!

by winny314 September 8, 2019

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