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red herring

Herrings put into a tub with salt or brine, later spitted on sharp wooden spits, and hung up in a chimney to be smoked and dried. Such preserved fish would keep for months (and indeed they were transported in barrels to provide protein on long sea voyages) but were inedible in this state and needed to be soaked to soften them and remove the salt before they could be cooked.

Do I smell a rat?

One key characteristic of red herrings, apart from their colour, was their strong smell, so much so that one use for them on occasion was to train hounds to follow a scent.

a deliberately misleading object
Neither fish nor flesh, nor good red herring
by Andreas Wb May 10, 2005
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Skyrim-horsing

The act of jumping up unscalable mountains or verticle walls. The word originates from a horses ability in Skyrim to jump up unscaleable mountains.
While I was climbing mt. Everest, I decided to partake in the ancient tradition of Skyrim-horsing
by Yuumu May 19, 2018
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horsing

Derives from the use of the word 'riding' to refer to sexual intercourse. It is undecided as to whether the word can be used only if the subject of the verb was on top (the one doing the horsing).
I was horsing my boyfriend all night.

I horsed a hoe on the back seat of my dad's jeep.
by sosweet August 21, 2007
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Herding worms

Comes from the common saying that something involving coordination of many different groups or people is difficult.

Very similiar to Herding Cats, only slower and more much more frustrating.
Running this meeting is like "Herding Worms".
by sccox August 5, 2009
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HERBING

The act of engaging in anti-social activties when made aware of on-going social activity of the masses
(masses-vast majority of social circle)

-you must be able to participate in the social activity

herb, herbing out
OmG this cat stays herbing

Ja is herbing today because he wants to stay in and be on myspace all night.
by jaydslice November 9, 2009
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herring choker

An individual of Scandinavian descent. Also applicable to landlocked enclaves of Scandinavian emigrants, such as the entire state of Minnesota, even though these communities no longer choke their herring in the traditional fashion but instead rely on commercial canneries to pre-choke and pickle their fish.
Torvald: Hey, this bar got any Tuborg?
Barkeep: Sorry, we don't serve herring chokers here.
by Harris Bergstein December 27, 2006
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herbing

1. the act of masturbating with your hand in your pocket 2. smoking marijuana 3. smoking marijuana while masturbating with your hand in your in your pocket
That guy must be herbing, he has a blunt in one hand and he has his other hand in his pocket.
by Sex E. Steve August 16, 2011
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