The excellent early Elton John song “Where to Now St. Peter” is about a mortally wounded Civil War Confederate (southern) soldier who takes a “blue canoe.” This means he got shot by a Union (northern) soldier. The Union soldiers wore blue uniforms, they were nicknamed the blues. The Confederate soldiers wore gray uniforms, they were nicknamed the grays. A blue canoe is a round or volley fired by a Union soldier.

“I took myself a blue canoe” is the first line in “Where to Now St. Peter.”

Blue canoe by Cumbre Vieja April 6, 2023

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Blue Comment Cancer

The type of commentor in under TikTok videos, who leave badly worded sentences with terrible grammar, that has something to do with the video, in order to get the Blue comment (Which is a comment you can click on to search for whatever the comment is saying)

*Under a TikTok video of a AI-read reddit story about a cheating wife*
Blue Comment Cancerer (The Commentor): "Cheating Wife Reddit Part 2"
*TikTok's algorithm makes the comment blue and clickable, and the Commentor gets likes and validation)

Blue Comment Cancer by AndreasTheGuy1 October 29, 2023

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flophouse

Any house/apartment/frat house/trailer/etc. which is used for individuals to crash (sleep, chill, hang out, lurk, etc.) for a period of time. In order to "crash", one must not actually live there (e.g. have their name on the lease, own said flophouse, etc.). Flophouses are typically used by college students, drug addicts, transients, vagrants, or other unsavory characters.

A flophouse may also be the home owned by the parents of a college student, who after being away at college, wishes to live as if he/she is still at college (e.g. staying out all night, returning just to crash at mom and dad's house, then leaving again), rather than conforming to the pre-college rules.

Example #1
Dude: (Talking to someone passed out face first on the floor of his college apartment) Hey man, who the hell are you? What do you think this is, a flophouse??

Bro: Sorry dude, I must have passed out for a minute.

Example #2
Mom: Where have you BEEN for the last three days? You come home just to sleep?? What do you think this is, a flophouse??!!

Son: What's your problem? I'm an adult now!

flophouse by J3553 November 21, 2007

Word of the Day on July 27, 2026

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Hate Sink

A person you hate intensely not because they deserve such hatred but because they serve as a focus for your general hatred. A healthy way to dispense with excess animosity.

Jake's not really that big an asshole. He just serves as my hate sink.

Hate Sink by The great prophet Zarquon August 7, 2016

Word of the Day on July 26, 2026

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