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Cautious 

A person with ginger hair. Derived from acting 'gingerly', being cautious.
Attention can be drawn to the proximity of a ginger with the exclamation 'I have a cautionary tale to tell', which will alert your friends to the incoming, whilst causing no unnecessary alarm to your cautious intruder.
Cautious by DanMancUk February 29, 2008

Cautious 

Careful when you see a shifty person looking left then right , like trouble or up to no good!
Jason was Cautious when a group if young boys entered the store running.
Cautious by OneCrazyRabbit March 12, 2020

cautious carol 

One who,in a videogame or real life, tends to move around and do nothing to help anyone... A person cautious about everything they do and is a better distraction than anything. This is usually caused by a lack of skill or just being a really big pussy.
"Damn it, Hes being a cautious carol again,hes not doing shit except hiding."

*friend* " Its better than the guy on my team giving the other team kills, hes a negative nathan"
cautious carol by Mrredandblack August 19, 2009

Cautious racism 

When a member of a race behaves cautiously around a member or members of another race in an attempt to avoid any form of racial or cultural disagreements,usually resulting in a series of ackward exchanges.
John:Why don't you ride home from practice with coach smith any more.

Eric:Because he always turns the radio station from country to rap and starts speaking in slang ever time.

John:Cautious Racism is a bitch.

Cautious optimism 

Theres no such thing as cautious optimism. Cautious optimism is cynicism. Thinking the sky is going to fall and trying to look forward to the little bit of good left in things before it does is cynicism. Really, having a bucket list is cynicism, since even though it becomes more likely that you'll die soon when you get older, once the mystery isnt there you're not really living anyway, you're just trying to live the rest of your days as an adrenaline junkie before the crash at the end, to go out with a bang, that's cynicism. Most thoughts disguised as positive are really cynical by nature.
Fuck positive thoughts and people, they think the end is a crash and it becomes one for everybody else too. There is no cautious optimism.

cautious optimism

hope for the best, be prepared for the worst
after their newfound freedom from their toxic relationship, they approached dating with cautious optimism
cautious optimism by mewlon March 27, 2026
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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
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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
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