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Codekas is a mythical Greek family nestled primarily in Southern California. It has been said that the mysterious comedy writer, Theo C. Spendekas, is a member, yet sources remain unclear. Codekases are known for their literary and alcoholic prowess and crude sense of humor. If you find one, it might just very well be the most memorable meeting of your life. Do not anger a Codekas, it can lead to a verbal destruction the like that would make the Lord of Hosts Himself weep on your behalf.
Yo Skylar, totes met this Codekas at the bar the other night. Totally tore Meagan a new one!
Codekas by TrustyTheo August 5, 2010
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Codegasm: “The result of a code epiphany so awesome you must walk away from your desk to respect to it.” Side affects: Forgotten epiphany.
Oh freak! wait.. really? Yes! I've got it!
I just had the most epic codegasm. I've spent weeks trying to fix this problem.

Wait... how are we going to fix it again?
Codegasm by hivemind March 18, 2014

Codebase Dysmorphism Syndrome

Codebase Dysmorphism Syndrome or CDS for short, is a condition which programmer struggles with structuring, organizing, and defining their codebase. Individuals with CDS may have difficulty at doing things like naming variables with comically descriptive name or deciding if they should use camelCase or snake_case for their files, often these symptoms causes by stuff such as lack of code standards or being worried with future backward compatibility issue.

essentially it is like an existential crisis, but for your code.
steve: "oh man i don't know if i should name this class 'ModelAbstractBaseCoreFactoryManager' or 'modelAbstractBaseCoreFactoryManager'"

"steve is suffering from Codebase Dysmorphism Syndrome!"

Steampunk Codebase 

A collection of code that works but is clearly the sole result of necessity, genius, or insanity. Steampunked code typically combines odd technologies and libraries in a way that makes an engineer do a double-take. Also characterized as a collection of code components that engender a response of "WTF?" by new codebase participants due to it not being apparent why the fuck someone would do such a thing. Steampunk codebases, when not rationalizable as truly necessary, drive good software engineers nuts in a visceral, usually quite loud, manner and can result in rebellion and heavy attrition if not addressed responsibly.
"Take a look at this steampunk codebase! Can you believe this shipped? I can't figure out whether the programmer who wrote this nuts or genius."
Steampunk Codebase by Jan Drake October 20, 2013

Codebase Core 

The code, or set of instructions, in a codebase that is used often by the rest of the codebase usually in the form of a utils file.
"Oh yeah, the quick maths method is in the codebase core"
Codebase Core by DiamondDev May 29, 2020
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Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!
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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!
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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
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