Gawkered

Having your company or organization get hammered into oblivion by a lawsuit, especially one motivated by spite or hatred.

"Yeah, the website that Rachel wrote for totally had everything on that bank CEO - the coke dealers, the hookers, the tax-free foreign accounts - but they all got Gawkered back into living in their mom's basements."

Gawkered by King of Ghosts May 16, 2017

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Gawkered

The act of suing or discrediting a dishonest media outlet into utter oblivion because of unethical and illegal acts such as slander, libel or extreme breach of privacy.

Wow, look at these lies the Wallstreet Journal, the Verge and Buzzfeed are publishing. I hope they get Gawkered!

Gawkered by hasábburgonya February 18, 2017

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Gawkered • Gawkeresque

Gawkeresque

(adj.) 1. Of a website, posting a link to someone else's news story and adding value by commenting, "What a douche!" or similar; reminiscent of the popular Gakwer.com site, 2002-2016. 2. Quickly typed.

The high school newspaper's Gawkeresque content made it a legend in Ms. Adams' sophomore homeroom.

Gawkeresque by John Peter Zinger December 24, 2022

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breatharian

One whos diet consists of air, light, and prana, with a possible sip of water now and then.

The breatharian has air, light, and prana for food.

breatharian by leena gabor November 8, 2005

Word of the Day on June 3, 2026

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A Booger In The Nose Of Progress

Anything that impedes or otherwise interferes with a process going forward.

"Militarily, that inquest was a booger in the nose of progress."

or

"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."

A Booger In The Nose Of Progress by Rok'n'rol Wannabe October 19, 2006

Word of the Day on June 2, 2026

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🤡🫵🏻

How to say "you're an idiot/clown" using only emojis.

Person 1: Insert completely incorrect and/or idiotic statement here
Person 2: 🤡🫵🏻

🤡🫵🏻 by Ubeenbamboozledson May 31, 2026

Word of the Day on June 1, 2026

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fogey

Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!

You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)

fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005

Word of the Day on May 31, 2026

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