Birthday-shift

Verb- The practice of celebrating one’s birthday on a different day because that person’s actual birthday is not convenient for the party thrower(s).

John: Dude… Jane is going to be so pissed off when we celebrate her birthday on Friday instead of her real birthday date on Wednesday. Missy isn’t going to be here on Wednesday so she forced us to pull a Birthday-shift.

Birthday-shift by Zeke489 May 6, 2009

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Birthday-Shift

The need to reorganize a birthday celebration for someone who is too busy working or out of town on his or her birthday.

"Crap I'm going to be out of town on my birthday. I hope Sandra isn't going to mind pulling a birthday-shift for me."

"Don't worry, Chris, she's knows, she's hiding a present in the glove box of your car and she's got your real birthday planned for another day."

Birthday-Shift by birthday_administrator April 26, 2010

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Birthday Shaft

When you are not invited to a birthday party because you are lame.

Did Nick get invited to that hot girl's birthday party?

Nah, he took her on a lame date so she gave him the Birthday Shaft!

Birthday Shaft by randy2.0 October 23, 2009

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Birthday Shaft

When the only present you give the birthday girl is your birthday dick. Happy Birthday.

Girl, you're about to get birthday shaft for a present.

Birthday Shaft by Totally not Bill July 24, 2016

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Striver

The striver is an interesting phenomenon that is seen across college campuses. In essence, the striver is an over-achiever who comes from a working or middle class family. He may be an immigrant. He may have been a slacker in HS who was "born again" into an academic wunderkind. Or he may just be an over-achiever who is keeping at it.

The striver is willing to sacrifice his social life at the expense of Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. The striver is the guy who stays at the library long after you are gone. The striver is the guy who takes 30 credits/semester and considers anything below an A/4.0 failure. The striver doesn't work on campus, he is too busy finding ways to pad his resume instead of working retail or workstudy. The striver lets his grades pay his education by applying to ten scholarships a year.

The striver is a future Soros/Fullbright/Rhodes/Gates/Marshall/etc. fellow. The striver lives to study. For the striver, their fun comes from the rewards they expect to receive in return for their diligence. Be it Law School, B-School, academia, or politics. The striver seeks to find the American Dream through academic success.

Anthony was a striver. He transfered from a TTT to an IVY and graduated in 2 years. He studied his ass off and went to Penn Law. He got a Biglaw offer. But lost it all because of an unmoderated mesasgeboard.

Successful strivers:
- Barack Obama
- Harold Koh

Striver by URM Striver January 3, 2009

Word of the Day on August 15, 2026

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SkyPesos

Delta SkyMiles, also known as SkyPesos, is the frequent flyer program of Delta Airlines. It has a very poor value and hard to use.

- I'm trying to book an award flight to Paris, but I only have 70,000 SkyPesos
- Just forget about it, you don't have enough SkyPesos to fly anywhere.

SkyPesos by 404_name_not_found December 6, 2018

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Quiche Peanemis

Quirky niche peak cinema analysis
It describes the analysis of a media piece which is quirky and niche, yet peak.

Give me the quiche peanemis on the movie I missed.

Quiche Peanemis by Mushroom2241 June 17, 2026

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