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Kissing Horizontally

Two people kissing as they're laying down together.
Person One: Hey, did you see that question on the Rice Purity Test about kissing horizontally?
Person Two: Yeah, I said yes because me and my boyfriend did that last night.
by Jackalope24 March 23, 2024
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vanishing horizon

Why your future, of course. It's all ending and there's no chance that it won't.
Gabe began to punch holes in his wall after having another sad dream. As he made hole after hole he screamed, "God damn this vanishing horizon!"
by von groovy June 26, 2024
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Forza Horizon 6

A game that is going to make every mindless JDM fanboy wet themselves because of the fact that it’s going to be set in Japan.
by NepgearAfficionado January 23, 2026
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A concept adapted from literary theory (Jauss) for science: the framework of assumptions, theories, and prior knowledge that scientists bring to their research, shaping what they expect to find and what they're capable of seeing. Your horizon determines which questions seem worth asking, which data seem relevant, which explanations seem plausible. Breakthroughs occur when evidence shatters the horizon, forcing a new one. Scientific progress isn't just accumulating facts—it's the continuous expansion and revision of the horizon within which facts make sense.
"Before plate tectonics, geologists saw continental fit as coincidence—their Scientific Horizon of Expectation couldn't accommodate moving continents. The evidence was always there; they couldn't see it until the horizon shifted. Your horizon is not reality—it's just where you're standing."
by Abzugal February 23, 2026
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The framework of assumptions, beliefs, and prior knowledge that any knower brings to an encounter with the unknown. You can't approach anything fresh—you always come with expectations shaped by your history, culture, language, and experience. These horizons make knowledge possible (they provide the categories for understanding) and limit knowledge (they blind you to what doesn't fit). Epistemological growth isn't escaping your horizon—it's expanding it, fusing with others, and remaining aware that you always see from somewhere.
"You keep being surprised when people don't see what seems obvious to you. Epistemological Horizon of Expectation: they have a different horizon. Their assumptions, history, and experience shape what they can see. It's not stupidity—it's different standing points. Learn their horizon or stay confused."
by Abzugal February 23, 2026
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exhaustion event horizon

n. the moment, typically with a toddler or small child, where all manic energy has been expended and seconds remain before a tantrum or nap occurs
Kid: "No thank you. I'm too tired for candy."
Mom: "Oh my, you've reached your exhaustion event horizon. Let's get you to bed."
by FoxHart October 21, 2010
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Deep Water Horizon

When you put feces In a condom, freeze it, take the condom off the shit and use it as a dildo on a girl. An Alaskan Pipeline without the condom.
Man I gave this girl a Deep Water Horizon this weekend, shit was messy.
by RawrIareDinosaur August 27, 2016
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