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dick caught in the ceiling fan 

A Youtube meme that began on May 1, 2012 when someone made a rather humorous comment on a fake instructional video on how to touch a wall with an apple, saying "The instructions weren't clear enough. I got my dick caught in the ceiling fan." Since then, the comment has gotten 15000+ thumbs up and has been copied ever since by various people posting comments on how-to videos even though it has nothing to do with the videos' content. This meme has grown to be almost as popular as the well-known Arrow in the knee meme.
Youtube Instructional Video: "Today I am gonna show you how properly ask a girl out..."

Commenter: "The instructions weren't clear enough. I got my dick caught in the ceiling fan."

Every Toilet, Every Ceiling Fan. 

The phrase you use when you have to do an extensive amount of work, that is ultimately pointless.
John: What do we have to do in Language Arts tonight?
Isaac: Every toilet, every ceiling fan.

Ceiling-Fan Throbber

When a man puts his erect penis into a running ceiling fan, making a "Pud pud pud pud" sound.
Man my cock hurts after that ceiling-fan throbber!

Ceiling Fan 

A special way of telling someone to kill themself in the way of hang themself on a sturdy ceiling fan
"You are being a showoff, ceiling fan"
Ceiling Fan by somerandomcat February 1, 2017

Ceiling fan 

A person who likes admires ceilings.
Person 1: I love ceilings
Person 2: So you're a ceiling fan.
Ceiling fan by BasseDaBows March 2, 2020

hanging up the ceiling fan

The act of mounting someone who is already hanging from a ceiling fan and taking part in autoerotic asphyxiation.
I accidentally walked in on Nick hanging up the ceiling fan. There was a lot of cursing involved.
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Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!
Poggers by Just_Charles April 14, 2020
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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
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