the curse of grandma sparkle

The curse of Grandma Sparkle refers to the the fact that in Fallout 3 if you go near a character named grandma Sparkle the game might crash. It was named The curse of Grandma Sparkle by YouTube Mittensquad.

My game crashed because of the curse of Grandma Sparkle.

by Dolphinthespaz April 2, 2021

the Let's Play curse

A condition in which no matter how hard you practice at a game,once you record a Let's Play of it,you instantly start to suck at the game.

Chuggaconroy,who you may know from youtube,kept getting the Let's Play curse and refering to it in his Super Mario Sunshine LP.The Let's Play curse really sucks.

by ArmyN64 May 17, 2010

stop fucking cursing

A funny, hypocritical joke that is said when another person is cursing repetitively because he/she is very angry. Guaranteed to cut the tension and lift the mood. Similar to the term the "fuck" word

A: My boyfriend thinks I'm fucking PMS-ing, and I'm fucking not! Like what the fuck? He's such a fucking jerk!

B: Stop fucking cursing!

by Dr. Curious January 24, 2011

Ao3 author curse

An occurence in which a fanfiction author (typically writing on archiveofourown.org) gets into an extremely sticky situation, but said author's first priority is their fanfic. This event commonly leads into an authors note apologising for a hiatus that is obsurdly reasonable.

Examples of "sticky situations" include:
Getting stuck in a flood
Finals for school
Hurricanes taking out power
Pregnancy
Marriage
Accidentally drinking bleach
Having loved ones die
Going on vacation
Having your roommate take of their meds at once
Having your beta reader go to prison
Going to prison
Etc.

Synonyms include "Ao3 author syndrome"

"I started writing fanfiction a week ago and I'm already struggling from the ao3 author curse"

by Random person ig February 14, 2023

The Fort Erie Curse

The curse in which everyone who leaves Fort Erie ends up finding their way back somehow.

I moved to Toronto for work but 5 years later I'm back here thanks to The Fort Erie Curse

by Fort Erie May 6, 2016

Curse of TC Bear

the string of losing seasons by the Minnesota Twins that followed the destruction of TC Bear's habitat in center field of Target Field

Steve: man, its been 30 years since the twins had a winning record
Joe: ya, its the curse of TC Bear. the Twins cut down the trees in center field because some of the coddled players under the Ron Gardenhire regime were too distracted to hit the ball.
Steve: huh, i'll be damned

by boshk September 22, 2011

Curse of the shaven vag

When you feel like you're going to get some loving so you shave your vagina only to be denied.

"I waxed it and everything then Billy had the runs"

"Curse of the shaven vag happens everytime!"

by vagtastic1234 September 19, 2011