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fork stuck in the road

A song line that seems to indicate ignorance, sloppiness, or lack of education on the part of the songwriter.

According to urban legend, the line in Green Day's "Good Riddance (The Time of Your Life)" "a fork stuck in the road" says that the fork is "stuck" rather than just "in the road" because of the mistaken idea that people somewhere back in "olden days" used to stick dinner forks into the road when they changed directions; the claim is often made that one or another member of Green Day told such a story during an interview, but if so there doesn't seem to be any such interview online. It really doesn't sound like them; they're a pretty bright bunch of people.
Alanis Morisette's "Ironic" is a fork stuck in the road; nothing she describes in the song is ironic.

"Hey, that doesn't mean what he thinks it means!"
"Relax, dude, at least it rhymes, and it's just a fork stuck in the road!"

Every time you hear the rolling thunder, you don't need to run, because the lightning already struck and you're still here to hear it.
by old lang guy September 30, 2006
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fork face

a person with an immense amount of acne scarring, that their face looks as if someone had grabbed a fork and scarred their face.
good god look at Luigi he's a fork face.
by thewacthmen December 9, 2008
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Fork Olives

A term used to describe a person who is not "in" on an inside joke.
by AleeEvermore November 17, 2009
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Fork

-pleasant way of saying FUCK!
"DUDE, what the Fork are you doing?"
"Chilax brah, im just Forking your sister"
by theconditon January 10, 2011
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Fork

Torri agreed to the first three prongs of Tommy's fork, but the 4th prong held them up
by letsgomets773 October 2, 2011
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Fork

someone who is a mean, rude person. Very unkind, no heart, black soul
Ugh! Bradley is being so rude! What a fork!
by itsnotmeeee April 18, 2016
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Forklifting

When two men stand with erect penis's parallel to on another and proceed to lift an object up in unison.
Mikey & Jesses penile bones hurt, they were up all night forklifting with there old high school buddies.
by Bingleton July 10, 2019
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