Contranism

A comedic or iconic reference to a self-defeating statement, sign, or piece of information.

The contranism of the sign read: "No vandalism allowed," had spray paint all over it.

Contranism by Anthropologicalthinkr August 11, 2026

contransmagnificandjewbangtantiality 

A word invented by James Joyce and used in his Ulysses. The word may be broken into parts to better understand its meaning:

con-trans-magnific-and-jew-bang-tantiality

The "-tantiality" is just a suffix for "con-" and "trans-". The "con-" refers to consubstantiation, the belief in Catholic theology that the father, the son and the holy spirit are all of the same substance but each presents in a different form. The "-trans-" refers to transubstantiation, the belief in Catholic theology that during communion the bread and wine literally become the body and blood of christ; the mundane is transformed into the divine. These two first parts of the word indicate that the word has to do with the intersection between the divine (god) and the mundane (humanity), or christ. The "magnific" refers to the magnificent, the divine. The "-and-" simply refers to the word "and" and the "-jew-" refers to a Jew, specifically Mary. The "-bang-" is where things get tricky and we see a bit of Joyce's (slightly blasphemous) humour: in one sense, "-bang-" refers to a collision between the divine and Mary (christ). It also refers to sex; Mary is impregnated by the divine and out of this tryst christ is born. Joyce intentionally juxtaposes sexuality and the virgin because he both believes that all human activities are beautiful and deserve to be represented in literature and because, in order for christ to have a human mother and a divine father, he must have blood from both.

You: Contransmagnificandjewbangtantiality.
English Professor: You get an "A," and you don't even have to come to class anymore.

You: Contransmagnificandjewbangtantiality.
Catholic Priest: STOP READING JAMES JOYCE WE NEED TO BURN THAT FILTHY BOOK BEFORE IT POISONS MORE MINDS AND DAMNS MORE SOULS!!!

Hot Girl: What does contransmagnificandjewbangtantiality mean?
You: I better come over and explain it to you. We may even need to act it out...

contransmagnificandjewbangtantiality by Avrilsbestguy October 2, 2011

Cyntronism

A form of honor and respect followed by bravery.

Later today i want to practice Cyntronism.

Cyntronism by Hazma March 18, 2017

contranym 

A word whose meaning is contradicted by its own, alternate, meaning.

"Clip; meaning both to attach to and to remove from is a prime example of a contranym"

contranym by Thebestoftimestheworstoftimes September 29, 2013

contrainment 

noun
1. an effort that is inconvenient
2. a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result
3. a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome

syn - difficulty

1. the fact or condition of being contrained.
2. Often, contrainments.
3. a trouble or struggle.
4. a cause of trouble, struggle, or embarrassment.
5. a disagreement or dispute.
6. reluctance; unwillingness.
7. a demur; objection.
8. something that is hard to do, understand, or surmount; an impediment or obstacle.

That silly lady at the DMV was giving me some contrainments about my expired tags!

My mexican pal is trying to act white but all he does is cause us a bunch of contrainment when dealing with his ridiculous antics.

Every time I go into the salesman's office he gives me a buncha contrainment about how smart he is.

contrainment by David - TeamPSI May 11, 2007

contanister 

1. A canister shaped container used to hold small objects, such as beads, marbles, etc.

2. A woman's ass that is used to hold small objects, such as beads, marbles, etc.

1. I have all my beads arranged by color in separate contanisters.

2. I have all my beads arranged by color in separate contanisters.

contanister by Glenn Steckler January 14, 2004

Contranize 

To condescendingly patronize somebody.

To make it seem like you are complimenting somebody when it is clear to everybody involved that you are making fun of them and their entire life in general.

Yo yo Gio!! Are you wearing one of those douchey Affliction shirts?!?! THAT IS FUCKING AWESOME!!!!" "Damn bro, you totally just contranized the shit out of me.

Contranize by Frankenskedge June 20, 2010