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Carpal Tunnel Vision 

An affliction that prevents all I.T. personnel and most desk jockeys from even looking at a computer monitor after work hours.
"Hey, I would love to come over and help you configure your home network tonight but I have Carpal Tunnel Vision and need to rest the orbs for tomorrows demands, sorry."
Carpal Tunnel Vision by myykuul January 7, 2010

Carpal Tunnel 

Short for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, a nerd's worst nightmare.

Can happen when you play video/computer games or just typing for way too long. Can cause significant pain, and numbness in the median nerve of the wrist.
Kyle: Ahh! Ahh!
Stan: Kyle? Kyle? Dude, what's wrong?
Kyle: Carpal tunnel, carpal tunnel! it's aahhh!
Stan: Oh Jesus, he's got it bad.
Cartman: Quick, we need Bengay.
Carpal Tunnel by cx13 September 23, 2008

The Carpal Tunnel of Love 

This is what can happen when love goes on for too long. The relationship becomes strained, and painful. Coined by popular band Fall Out Boy.
Listen hon, we've been married for 45 years.

yea?

and maintaining this relationship has become difficult. we are heading through the carpal tunnel of love.

Carpal Tunnel Of Love Syndrome 

When a new song is released/leaked from a band, causing the band’s fan base to react strongly. Symptoms include:

-Posting a flurry of topics on the band’s message board
-Posting bulletins on Myspace
-Ripping the song and spreading downloads across the fanbase
-Make a Myspace for the song so the fanbase can add it to their private Myspaces
-Puzzling over the lyrics with constant debate over hard-to-decipher lines
-Putting lyrics from the song in their Myspace names/Myspace bylines/AIM profiles/away messages
-Crying
-Saying their faith in the band has been restored
-Putting the song on repeat for many days
-Smiling non-stop for the next week or so

Named after the notable reaction Fall Out Boy fans experienced when the song “Carpal Tunnel Of Love” was released from AbsolutePunk.net on November 10th.
Wow, those Fall Out Boy boardies really had a case of Carpal Tunnel Of Love Syndrome when "Carpal Tunnel Of Love" was released!

Carpal Tunnel 

What you get from masturbating too much.
Dude: "Ahh, I can't write this essay, my wrist hurts."

Dude 2: "Dude, you got carpal tunnel. Lay off the porn sites."
Carpal Tunnel by fiendordoe April 14, 2009

carpal tunnel syndrome

is a wrist and/or arm injury caused by making love to oneself
It's Valentine's day...there will be surge of carpal tunnel syndrome cases.
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proper lad 

a lad that is such a lad that he is a proper lad
person1:did you see bob
person2: ya he was a proper lad
Word of the Day on October 29, 2026
The number of years you are still sexually active
While our lifespan is the number of years we will live, our healthspan is the number of healthy years we will have and our sexspan is is the number of years we will continue to be healthy enough to continue having an active sex life.
sexspan by Dr Kat April 21, 2022
Word of the Day on October 28, 2026
A lighthearted reaction upon receiving disappointing news of some sort. Usually something that isn't a particularly a big deal, esp. when it primarily affects someone else - sort of a mild schadenfreude. Sometimes doubled or tripled, and possibly said in a sing-songy voice for added comedic effect to imitate a muted trumpet, which is how the meme originated.
You didn't get any napkins with your takeout pork fried rice? Womp womp.
womp by 175623226 November 3, 2011
Word of the Day on October 27, 2026
When your wife’s boyfriend let you sleep past 8pm 😎😎
Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!
Poggers by Just_Charles April 14, 2020
Word of the Day on October 26, 2026

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
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