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pulling a joseph 

To buy a ton of unnecessary shit, but never buy anything you actually need (especially in the realm of personal hygiene). To use other people's stuff but never tell them or compensate them in any way. To make a huge net negative contribution to the overall war effort. To be overly spontaneous, but not in the cute way. In the annoying way. To make random, mind-boggling decisions, or to say things at completely inappropriate times around the wrong crowd.
Person A: "I just bought the complete boxed DVD set of every season of The Tick!!! It has over 100 hours of special features! Lets spend the rest of our lives watching it, please, please, pleeeaase?"

Person B: "Wow talk about pulling a joseph...I think i'll pass."
pulling a joseph by Yussuf March 24, 2008

Exposing a Joseph Allen 

Term for blowing a spy's cover and used it to escape, dodge or evade the truth.
Named after Joseph Allen, who Vladimir Makarov iced after he does the massacre on an airport named after his master, in No Russian.
Underling: There's a rat on us.
Boss: Everyone, I'm Exposing a Joseph Allen on our group. *Shoots the underling* There, everybody knows that we never tolerate snakes on our group.

Pulling a Joseph 

An American male who moves to a foreign country (primarily in Eastern Europe) with the premeditated intention of hoaxing a local into a romantic relationship with him. With the inevitable result being marriage between the two individuals. Then the male subsequently takes his "trophy wife" back to America. The male being less than desirable. The female fitting the traditional standards of being extremely attractive and, of course, fertile!
"I heard through the grapevine that you were pulling a Joseph this weekend," remarked Ronald.

"To be so lucky . . ." replied Richard.
Pulling a Joseph by Moneytree March 24, 2008

Pulling A Joseph 

When You Have No Other Choice but to be a noob
"Alex what are you doing stop standing there"
Alex is pulling a Joseph.
Pulling A Joseph by LilMasky April 7, 2019

Pull a Joseph 

to flee from a female who is trying to sexually tempt you
Yeah bro, we were watching Avengers and she kept touching me so i had to Pull a Joseph
Pull a Joseph by BIBLE_MAN116 May 16, 2019

pulling a "Joseph" 

When you are hard at work at your desk, and begin to snooze off. Your head can nod back and forth, even fall completely down. You wake up every once in awhile, but proceed to fall back asleep.
I almost pulled a "Joseph" today...

pulling a "Joseph"
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Oblication 

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
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Surf Dracula Syndrome 

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I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
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Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
Northstarring by Light Bearer October 22, 2026
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Plate of Brown 

A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
Plate of Brown by Cheddar Craigson September 18, 2020
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Larpenomics

When finance content creators rent out fancy cars and flex cash to seem richer than they really are in order to promote and sell their “get rich quick” courses.
Andrew Tate has mastered the field of larpenomics
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Palmela Handerson 

Your hand that you masturbate with.
Girlfriend: What are you going to do for the next week while I'm on holiday?

Boyfriend: Have a visit from Palmela Handerson of course!
Word of the Day on October 20, 2026
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