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breakaway civilization 

A term first coined by UFO researcher, Richard Dolan, back in 2010. The term is his description of a particularly wealthy and powerful sub-set of the human race whom he believes have been secretly amassing for themselves exotic and highly advanced technology. Via this hoarding of high tech for themselves (and by keeping it from the rest of the world) these highly-placed elites actually live secret, hidden lives of extreme opulence and leisure. He has even postulated that via this advanced tech, they have built separate cities for themselves, located ether in remote places (such as underground, or on the ocean floor, or within the mountains of Antarctica, etc), or even off world.

The 2013 Matt Damon movie "Elysium" had a similar premise involving a massive, self-sustaining city that orbited the Earth and was the exclusive domain of the very wealthy. The only difference here is that in the movie "Elysium," the titular orbital city was not a secret, but rather its existence was fully known about by all peoples of Earth who could clearly see it orbiting overhead. The city was merely inaccessible to anyone who was not a wealthy elite.
The wealthy elites of the world have built for themselves a breakaway civilization, separate from the rest of the unwashed masse, where they enjoy technology far advanced from what we currently have.

Redondo Beach Breakwall

A place where tons of kooks surf and they call themeselves blue pacific. they think they own the place but some of them dont even live there.
hahahahaha look at those kooks with the matching blue pacific stickers on their boards at the Redondo Beach Breakwall
Redondo Beach Breakwall by yeeeparty December 27, 2009

breakaway finger 

When you are wiping your butt and one of your fingers accidentally gets loose from the toilet paper and touches some poo.
Hey George, I know it's gross but I can't stop smelling my breakaway finger

Soggy breakaway

When you bite the ends off of a breakaway chocolate bar, and then use it like a straw for tea until tea comes out the other side into your mouth, you have a soggy breakaway. Eat it, it'll be warm, melted chocolate, and delicious.
"Mom, put the kettle on, I've got a craving for a soggy breakaway!"
Soggy breakaway by Ben is Zero November 3, 2019

breakwall 

A term used throughout the northeast and midwest, equivalent to the term "breakwater".
Let's go down to the breakwall and see if they're biting.
breakwall by anonymous0918 April 14, 2008

Party at the Breakwater

A South Florida term meaning to not pay to attend a party but to enjoy its music from dancing within earshot. The term arose from young people on South Beach not paying for the more exclusive parties and clubs at the Cleavelander or the Edison, and instead getting jiggy at the neighboring unopened Breakwater Hotel. The term can be applied to any scenario where one does not pay to enjoy their party music.
Danny: "Oye, are you going to Ultra?"
Ricky: "Hell yeah!"
Danny: "YOU SCORED TICKETS?!?!?!?"
Ricky: "No, I'm gonna party at the Breakwater from the Metromover station! Dale!"
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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.
Oblication by kimmerr May 5, 2011
Word of the Day on October 25, 2026

Surf Dracula Syndrome 

A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.

For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
Word of the Day on October 24, 2026

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
Word of the Day on October 23, 2026

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
Word of the Day on October 22, 2026

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
Larpenomics by Rbois09 October 21, 2026
Word of the Day on October 21, 2026

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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