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v.i. To join a frat your super senior year
v.ii. To pee all over someone’s couch when you are wizasted and not offer to clean it up the next morning, further allowing it to seep into the cushions for eternity.
n.i. Marine strength standard for inner tubes. Ever since a contona was allowed on an inner tube they had to come up with a system to rate the strength of each tube and the distance it could be pulled before it will rupture. One contona rated tube can pull one contona for a mile or 15 minutes which ever comes first.
n.ii. Marine power standard for boat engines while pulling an inner tube. A boat engine is rated for one contona if it can pull a contona on a contona rated inner tube with out breaking down. Boat engines in North Carolina are no longer rated by horsepower they are rated by contonas.
n.iii. The sound a water tube makes when it explodes under massive pressure.
v.i.
Who is that pledge he's mad old?
Thats's Jason he's contonaing Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
v.ii.
Wtf dude, your couch smells like pee.
Jon contonaed on it last week.
n.i.
What's the rating on this tube? Is it contona rated? I hear to be contona rated a tube has to be able to withstand 2 sumo westlers battle to the death on top of one and the tube remain unscathed.
n.ii.
Pulling a man that size with this boat will take at least a 3 contona engine.
n.iii.
I bet when the atomic bomb exploded over hiroshima it sounded alot like a contona.
contona by James Street April 29, 2008
A word which is defined as both itself and the opposite of itself.

E.G

“Because of their oversight, Russia was sanctioned by NATO”

Can mean that Russia was given approval (sanctioned) by NATO because of their vigilance (oversight)

Or that Russia was punished (sanctioned) by NATO because they egregiously overlooked something (oversight)
Words that can perform or imply two directly contradictory actions are called contronyms

1. I clipped (attached) on a bow tie after I got my hair clipped (detached, cut off) at the barber shop

2. The House Oversight Committee’s role is to perform oversight (strenuous watchdog duties) by ensuring that no oversights (mistakes, errors) are made in the government

3. I screened (blocked) the light from my eyes so I could see the movie that was being screened (shown)

4. I was the latest to rent (buy) the apartment that my landlord had been renting (selling, leasing) for five years now
Contronym by Alex-2598 March 23, 2021

Noah Contoyannis 

The biggest simp in the world.
Noah Contoyannis is such a simp for Hadan.

contonder 

A portmanteau between contemplating and pondering, contonder essentially means to rationalize rationalizing and come up with an excuse to have an excuse.
Kev is such a millennial. He acts so self-important but lacks initiative to gain what he feels he is owed. Look at him. Right now he acts like he's above going to a party he claims is full of lames but he's contondering a reason to go.

Dude is literally trying to psyche himself up to even considering it.

Kev says it is his duty as a higher standard to society to entertain the thought of attempting to elevate his peers to his level by his mere presence alone. So, he deciding to go to do just that.
contonder by IMakeWomenSayYes September 6, 2019
Two contradicting words in a sentence that are describing the same noun.
'The well-behaved and disobedient child'

You can't use that, that's a contronym.
Contronym by TinyDinoWithAFish March 30, 2022
Cottony is the most amazing, sweet, precious, and adorable girl on earth, i love her so much and however is able to be with her, is the luckiest person alive, shes as sweet as honey and as cuddly as actual cotton

143 <3
Person 1: woa that person is cute who are they
person 2: thats cottony
Cottony by pôôpén fãrtên May 14, 2022
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Millennial optimism may be gone, but Gen Z whimsy (WhimZ) is in.
WhimZ by WhimZ! November 5, 2026
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Frothability 

The measure of an emotional and over zealous consumer in an upwardly charging market, also known as a bull market. It's characterized by rising asset prices, increased investor confidence, and favorable growth in the markets, bro.
The frothability was evident as over-zealous consumers eagerly engaged in bidding wars, driving property prices to unsustainable levels reminiscent of previous speculative bubbles.
Frothability by cptn.kagaroo1 January 26, 2024
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Soul digger

A man who dates women with the sole purpose of exploiting their time, energy, and labor while he sucks the joy and happiness from their lives.
"That guy's a soul digger. He'll expect you to work full time, but you'll be doing all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, and childcare while he plays video games or watches TV."
Soul digger by anonymous November 11, 2026
Word of the Day on November 11, 2026

pod person 

A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.
pod person by Christopher M. May 9, 2005
Word of the Day on November 10, 2026
A dead drop is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet.

Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. Drug dealers use this as well.

A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.

A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
"The dead drop is the restroom toilet at the Gulf station at the corner of Commercial Ave. and Georges Rd."
dead drop by rubberroom July 23, 2008
Word of the Day on November 9, 2026

No Surprises Wedding

A "No Surprises Wedding," or NSW, is a wedding invitation designation that tells attendees that there can be no unplanned announcements, engagements, events or speeches at the wedding - all actions must be pre-approved by the couple. Anyone who performs an unapproved "surprise" will be asked to leave the wedding early.

This designation comes from Reddit, where so many stories of bad wedding behavior indicated a need to communicate expectations for the wedding behavior of attendees.
You are cordially invited to the nuptials of Brian and Tom on October 31 at noon.

Please note that this wedding is child-free (under 10) and a No Surprises Wedding (NSW). Reach out to wedding planner Sami Smith to request approvals or exceptions; please note that exceptions will be rare. Limited child care for under-10s will be available. All approvals will be noted and included in planning. Unapproved, or surprise exceptions, will result in guests being asked to leave.
Word of the Day on November 8, 2026
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