Garbinkle
Noun: A person who messes up a lot. Considered a failure in a skill or subject.
Verb: To mess up or fail.
Verb: To mess up or fail.
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Garfunkle
To react to something in such a manner that whatever you are drinking comes out your nose. This is primarily caused by a surprise of some sort and the surprise is typically as hilarious as the word itself.
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Garbinkle • garbickle • Garbunkle • garfinkle • Garfinkle strut • Glarbinkle • garfunkle • Grinkle • garbengle • Garbungle
Garfinkeling
Named after UCLA sociologist Harold Garfinkel, the act of violating social norms in order to gauge reactions. Also known as a "breaching experiment."
Garfinkeling by The real Alex December 31, 2009
Garfinkeled
When a well connected, wealthy family sets up an unmotivated, moronic offspring in a powerful job/role/position/etc. in order to save face.
A: How did ______ get hired as the new vice-president?! Last time I saw him/her she was stoned in his/her grandma's basement for weeks on end.
B: Dude, ______ was garfinkeled.
A: Ah, the company's gonna go bankrupt.
B: Dude, ______ was garfinkeled.
A: Ah, the company's gonna go bankrupt.
Garfinkeled by Icannadoeet November 30, 2016
garbickle
To dispose of a lot of garbage a bit at a time (in a trickle).
Many municipalities limit the amount of garbage a household can put on the curb each week. A homeowner can dispose of construction waste by renting a dumpster or they can frugally put one bag of the construction waste out each week.
Of course, garbickling saves money but the backlog of waste tends to annoy the spouse.
Many municipalities limit the amount of garbage a household can put on the curb each week. A homeowner can dispose of construction waste by renting a dumpster or they can frugally put one bag of the construction waste out each week.
Of course, garbickling saves money but the backlog of waste tends to annoy the spouse.
I am too cheap to rent a dumpster so I am going to garbickle that old drywall.
The neighbor always has an extra bag at the curb; I think he's a garbickler.
They are always bickering about his garbickling.
The neighbor always has an extra bag at the curb; I think he's a garbickler.
They are always bickering about his garbickling.
garbickle by great_write_whale April 12, 2009
garbizzle
Grinkle
Grinkle by FrankWasTaken December 11, 2021
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Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.
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murderhobo
In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.
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Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
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DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
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