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The social indoctrination to the bar scene that occurs on or immediately after one's twenty-first birthday. Typically, the guest of honor on a "21 run" is forced to consume copious amounts of alcohol in a short amount of time. This often results in illness, and, in extreme cases, loss of consciousness. The prototypical "21 run" occurs from 12:01 AM until 2:00 AM on the participant's birthday, this time being the first at which said individual is legally eligible to consume alcohol.
A man's friends who are already twenty-one pick him up and take him to the bars one minute after he turns 21, at 12:01 AM on a "21 run."
21 run by NPR June 13, 2007
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celebration of the 21st birthday..usually conists of 21 shots in one night..however this is not easily obtained, and i don't know anyone who has suceeded in consuming 21 shots.
my 21 run is next weekend, let's drink!
21 run by jennlin August 9, 2006
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The social indoctrination to the bar scene that occurs on or immediately after one's twenty-first birthday. Typically, the guest of honor on a "21 run" is forced to consume copious amounts of alcohol in a short amount of time. This often results in illness, and, in extreme cases, loss of consciousness. The prototypical "21 run" occurs from 12:01 AM until 2:00 AM on the participant's birthday, this time being the first at which said individual is legally eligible to consume alcohol.
A man's friends who are already twenty-one pick him up and take him to the bars one minute after he turns 21, at 12:01 AM on a "21 run"
21 run by NPR June 17, 2007

breatharian 

One whos diet consists of air, light, and prana, with a possible sip of water now and then.
The breatharian has air, light, and prana for food.
breatharian by leena gabor November 8, 2005
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"Militarily, that inquest was a booger in the nose of progress."

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"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."
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Person 1: Insert completely incorrect and/or idiotic statement here
Person 2: 🤡🫵🏻
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Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
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