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faster than Walt Flanagan's dog 

Possessing unusual haste or punctuality; alludes to a (presumably remarkably fast) dog owned by a minor character in Kevin Smith's "Jersey" series.
"Damn, that bastard's faster than Walt Flanagan's dog!"

Flanagan's Law 

Law of the man that this world was blessed with, Law by the word of the mouth Of Stephen J. Flanagan. What he says goes and he does must be followed and adhered to never is he to be questioned!
Stephen you cannot do that. - YES I CAN ITS FLANAGAN'S LAW
Flanagan's Law by stflanag July 12, 2012

Flanagan's Law 

"Whatever happens, it's unexpected." As defined in *84 Charing Cross Road* by Helene Hanff. Said philosophically about unexpected turns in careers, especially in the arts.

Flanagan's Law can be a useful guide to preparation for challenges when combined with Murphy's Law: it's not just that if anything can go wrong, it will; it's that whatever goes wrong will go wrong in a way you didn't expect.
Helene Hanff, popularizer of the phrase, hoped to advance her future as a playwright or actress by reading classic literary works from a very old-fashioned reading list. She began to order books she couldn't find in New York from an English bookstore. It was her correspondence and friendship with the bookstore staff that made her famous: Flanagan's Law.
Flanagan's Law by murgle February 4, 2013

slippery flanigan 

a gymnastic manoeuvre in which the athlete uses the penis to control his direction of travel in midair.
slippery flanigan by seppafer October 13, 2017

flaniganed 

To completely fuck something up. To be completely fucked.
"Did you hear Dick flaniganned his new Prius? He wrapped it around a tree."

"We were flaniganed in the middle of nowhere. The Prius ran out of juice and we had nowhere to recharge it."
flaniganed by micromanagedman August 21, 2016

flanigan 

When someone is being very bipolar and foolish
"I'm so happy but I'm stressed"
"You're such a flanigan"
flanigan by deez nutz fam June 27, 2016