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The Nolan Substitution

A method to decide whether to use who or whom in a sentence by substituting in the pronouns he and him into the sentence.

If the subject can be replaced with he or she, use who; If the question can be answered with him or her, use whom.
The Nolan Substitution method examples

It was for him/her (right)
It was for he/she (wrong)
Whom was it for? (Correct question)

He/she opened the box (correct)
Him/her opened the box (wrong)
Who opened the box (correct question)
by Reagan012081 October 20, 2016
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substitwit

When you get a substitute teacher who barely knows a thing. A substitwit will usually give unusually intructions, give wrong info, and basically screw up the chance of becoming a real teacher
"Man, that teacher Mrs. Smith gave us was such a substitwit."
by TheEdgeA June 10, 2009
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Substitute teachers

Substitute teachers are people with high level education that can teach over 100 different subjects that i will not care about. They can also manage to say my name wrong every time they do attendance even tho i have been at the same school for 8 years. I have officially given up hope that the sub will ever pronouce my name right but screw them im graduating.
substitute teachers and starbucks baristas love to get my name wrong
#uniquenameprobs
by rayooooo February 6, 2019
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substitute teacher

jenny: the time has come once again.

substitute teachers: *run away*
jenny: you are the only one left. you will be the substitute for 5b
random sub: NOOOOO
by sexc000 June 6, 2020
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Substitute Hole Sex

also known as SHS.
Another way to say Anal Sex.
When I woke up with mud on my helmet from the drunken Substitute Hole Sex last night, I flipped out.
by shabooty.com January 9, 2008
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Electrophillic Substitution

You see we have those carbon playaas and those carbon playaa haters, now the carbon playaa gets all the hydrogens, but the playaa hater, he has to settle with one hydrogen and a lame bromine
"Shit, what the fuck is Markovnikoff's rule?"
"Electrophillic Substitution"
by ilovechemistryandwhat August 14, 2012
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Racist Substitute

A word used to describe a substitute teacher teacherwho identifies their studentsstudents by their race. Mainly because they do not know the names of their students.
The racist substitute called me "Indian" instead of my name, what a bitch.
by Indianboy98 June 5, 2018
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