Used to describe a situation that is tumultuous, circus-like, and has spun out-of-control. Originates from the 1970s variety show of the same name, though some users many not be aware of the source.
Amelia: My love life is such a gong show!
Nazarine: Really? You have a studio audience in your bedroom, and you bang a large gong for boyfriends who can't cut it?
Amelia: Don't be ridiculous, Naz. I mean, it is LITERALLY a gong show. It is tumultuous, circus-like, and has spun out-of-control.
Nazarine: Oh, I see.
Nazarine: Really? You have a studio audience in your bedroom, and you bang a large gong for boyfriends who can't cut it?
Amelia: Don't be ridiculous, Naz. I mean, it is LITERALLY a gong show. It is tumultuous, circus-like, and has spun out-of-control.
Nazarine: Oh, I see.
by E.T. Mole February 18, 2013
Andy: "Dude! Look at all those fucking cars- I'm never gonna find mine."
Alex: "We shoulda parked closer to the bar. FUCK."
Brandon: "Focus guys we didn't drive. We took the ferry."
Sober people watching: "What a gong show."
Alex: "We shoulda parked closer to the bar. FUCK."
Brandon: "Focus guys we didn't drive. We took the ferry."
Sober people watching: "What a gong show."
by Aubs1 August 08, 2006
by The Gargler March 20, 2004
by g-g-g--g-g-ggunit June 08, 2005
the term gong show is widely used in the hockey locker rooms across canada. it has become the nickname of many out-of-control young men. while mainly used by hockey players, the common person may use it in everyday conversation. to be a gong show, one must be able to pull the chute, as well as be crazy, stupid, loud, obnoxious, annoying, out of control, confused, a frequent streaker, terribly unlucky, inept, a drunk, a lazy ass, or any combination of all of these
spence is a definite gongshow. tonight, at dinner before the game, he choked on a piece of chicken, coughed it up into his nasal cavity, blew it out his nose, and ate it again. in the game he got in a fight, broke a guys leg, and scored a goal. afterward, he put on his pink sunglasses and hopped in the shower with the team, then ran naked through the rink giggling like a little girl.
by tex July 25, 2004
Everything was going real nice until the crowd became intoxicated! Then the whole party turned into a Gong Show!
by talk2me-JCH2 April 25, 2021
One who does exceedingly stupid or irrational things, usually but not necessarily while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The word is believed to have originated as a spin-off of the 1976 ABC sitcom ‘The Gong Show’ where participants would perform until the judges deemed their performance too awful to continue. Note: gong show is commonly abbreviated to 'gong'. The act of calling somone a gong show is often accompanied by two of his buddies bashing an immaginary gong.
Wow, he's got vodka taped to his balls, what a gong show!
Tribe, your a fuckin gong show!
He just slid head 1st into a giant mud puddle 10 minutes before his philosophy exam, what a gong.
Tribe, your a fuckin gong show!
He just slid head 1st into a giant mud puddle 10 minutes before his philosophy exam, what a gong.
by Matt Tribe December 15, 2003