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tappin' the bomb

1: (hypothetical) used to express the desire to go back in time and change a single moment in your life, hoping that the new timeline will turn out better.

2: (altruistic) sacrificing yourself to satisfy someone else's needs whether the results benefit you or not. Used to describe literal sacrifices of life or happiness or simple compromises for someone you care for but don't agree with.

Comes from a scene in the fifth season finale (and sixth season premiere) of LOST wherein the character of Juliet--knowing that her death is imminent--quite literally taps the core of an atomic bomb, hoping to create a time paradox and better the lives of her friends. She does this even though not only will she die but also an alternate version of her would not ever meet her soulmate.

The term itself was coined by LOST creator and producer Damon Lindelof in the audio commentary track of the premiere episode on the first disc of the sixth season DVD set of LOST.
Damon: I really need to tap the bomb and not have married you.

Husband: I tapped the bomb for you and let you watch that cooking show when LOST was on.
Wife: Oh don't be such a martyr.

American Man: Uh...what are you doing to the core of that atomic bomb?
Japanese Man: I'm tappin' the bomb to try to go back in time and stop you assbutts from killing my family.
by Tav El December 22, 2010
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somebody set up us the bomb

Famous line from famously remembered badly translated japanese video game Zero Wing, turned internet phenomenon with many different parodies of the original sega game
Narrator: In A.D. 2101, war was beginning.
Captain: What happen ?
Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb.
(spoken in the Flash animation as Someone set up us the bomb)
Operator: We get signal.
Captain: What !
Operator: Main screen turn on.
Captain: It's you !!
CATS: How are you gentlemen !!
CATS: All your base are belong to us.
CATS: You are on the way to destruction.
Captain: What you say !!
CATS: You have no chance to survive make your time.
CATS: Ha Ha Ha Ha ....
by keslan:) May 10, 2007
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somebody set us up the bomb

The proper term is somebody set up us the bomb. See that definition for detail.
by bob June 13, 2005
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somebody set up us the bomb

A poor Japanese-to-English translation in the 1991 Genesis game Zero Wing, which is also famous for the origin of "all your base..."

It is commonly incorrectly stated as "somebody set us up the bomb". Clearly, the up comes before the us, although the resulting diphthongs makes it more difficult to say.
72reality: LOL SOMEBODY SET US UP THE BOMB

838672cloud: Its somebody set up us the bomb, noob

72reality: fu kthx
by John FitzgibbonsIII August 23, 2007
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planting the bomb

Planting the bomb is the act of widening your partners bum-hole up during anal sex quickly after reaching ejaculating you will pull out turn around and shit into the widely opened bum hole. after doing this you will proceed by having anal one more time whilst using the freshly laid shit as your loob.
"hey Elliot you will never guess what?"

"what" said Elliot
"well last night after the party i took some bitch back to my place and while i was planting the bomb in her, my gran walked in, it was fucking brilliant!!"
by mysize180 June 3, 2016
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You the bomb

A compliment in the USA.

An argument in the middle east.
"You the bomb man!"
"Nah man, YOU the bomb!"
by OOF_CRACKER October 23, 2018
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somebody set up us the bomb

subliminal messaging, when read backwards: "Bomb the US, up-set somebody"
by drakynn October 12, 2003
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