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Gankshank 

"Gankshank" combines the words "gank" (a gaming term meaning to ambush or betray, steal from someone, usually with the help of other teammates) and shank (a slash or stab with a knife). To "gankshank" is to ambush someone and stab them. Unexpected and nefarious shankage.
"Et tu, Brute?" Caesar groaned as he fell to the ground, gankshanked and befuddled.
Gankshank by blakberi January 17, 2025

gankybank 

can be used as either a noun or verb. Gankybank is a word originatting in Northern Ireland. Gankybank can be used both negatively and positively.
Example 1:
Tom "Dude, Check out my new leather shoes."

Mike "Oh my God those are so Gankybank!"

Example 2:
Rick "Hey man is it cool if I ask Sarah out on a date? I mean you guys have been broken up for like 2 days now."

Mike "Dude we didn't break up she went on vacation to Florida. God you are such a Gankybank you know that!"
gankybank by Liam O'Brien July 2, 2008

Gankbankler 

One who masturbates into his hand, then goes around introducing himself and shaking other's hands without washing. Often used as an insult.

-Ryan Conroy
Ewww that guy is such a Gankbankler.
Gankbankler by Lilith April 12, 2005

gankashanka

A criminal-minded person who commits or has committed an armed mugging and murder with a knife or knife-like weapon. (i.e.- the bastard ganked your wallet and shanked your sorry ass.)
Stay away from Maurice, man--the dude's a damn gankashanka.
gankashanka by Gadzoobles January 15, 2011
A repetitive and rhythmic chord structure that drives the song.
As described by Mike Doughty (Soul Coughing) in an interview published October 16, 1998: "a kind of guitar rhythm I invented in an attempt to recreate a hip-hop groove on an acoustic guitar--it goes gankadank, gank-duh-did-dank."
gankadank by datgrl November 18, 2011

gank shank 

The phrase describes anything that is either broken or fucked up.

(FYI: both words rhyme with "bank")
This fucking rod is gank shanked, it won't fit into the hole anymore.

Alison got gank shanked at the party last night.
gank shank by Brizzo55 May 27, 2006
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Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
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Plate of Brown 

A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
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