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An individual who exhibits both qualities of a hooligan and a fool, but is not really either.

A term coined by the The Beatles in their song, "Maxwell's Silver Hammer". The line is often mistaken for 'fool again', but clearly Max was being a Fooligan.
By Jove! Why must you always be such a Fooligan. These are serious matters my boy!!

"Back in school again Maxwell plays the Fooligan, Teacher gets annoyed. Wishing to avoid an unpleasant Sce, e, e, ene." - The Beatles
Fooligan by Mr.M.Slack April 20, 2010
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foolishnessity 

someone: *says something stupid*
me: foolishnessity.
foolishnessity by foolishnessity October 15, 2021

Theory of Maximum Foolishness 

The world will arrange itself to make you--personally--feel maximally foolish.
Murphy's Law is a subset of the Theory of Maximum Foolishness. ML says "Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong." Often, that is true. However, the TOMF says that if something can go RIGHT that would make you look MORE foolish, then that is what will happen.

For example, ML predicts that bread will always fall butter-side down. But, if I TELL YOU it will fall butter-side down, when I go to actually SHOW YOU, the bread will fall butter-side up, making me feel maximally foolish.

The TOMF is true, but neither verifiable nor falsifiable to others because, whatever conditions you establish to test it, only YOU will know if the result made you feel maximally foolish. Of course it will, but only you will know that.

blame foolishness

Completely lacking forethought or caution.

An utterance used by Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
Example 1:
Susan: Let's go to the cinema to watch 'P.S. I love you'.

Kevin: That's just blame foolishness

Example 2:
"You don't have to get up, mornings, and you don't have to go to school, and wash, and all that blame foolishness."

Black Foolishness 

The opposite of Black Excellence;
The act of complete and utter foolishness committed abusing black culture to be a fool.
Poster: "Looking for my lost dawg. He responds to Dawg, Jaquan, or simply just Yo. Tryna find my dawg, cuh. Five dollar reward."
Onlooker: "What is this black foolishness?"

Foolishman 

To insult and call someone stupid. Another term for a fool.
Another example is "Crazyman"
A person tries to fly off a cliff. "What a Foolishman!!!"
Foolishman by n30nt1g37 March 20, 2010
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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
Ulzzang true definition is "best & "face" = best face in korean. They are basically people with above average looks, sometimes with the use of photoshop and haduri who post their pics online, some becoming internet celebrities.
"Hey, see that chick over there? She's pretty enough to be an ulzzang. :D"
ulzzang by `r i k kit t y February 26, 2008
Word of the Day on November 7, 2026
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