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
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
Originated from Canada. It is a term used mostly in the hockey world of Canada. Gong Show baically means "out of control"
by N/A June 20, 2004
1. Title of a schlocky 1970s syndicated series starring Chuck Barris and featuring the dubious talents of Gene Gene The Dancing Machine, The Unknown Comic and many others.
2. A group of stupid, incompetent and/or crooked people, doing stuff that would get them fired from most other places.
3. A situation where anything that could go wrong does.
2. A group of stupid, incompetent and/or crooked people, doing stuff that would get them fired from most other places.
3. A situation where anything that could go wrong does.
The Gong Show turned your brains into mush in a half hour.
The whole fucking place is a gong show, nobody knows what they are doing.
The party last night was one big gong show. The DJ played The Carpenters, we had nothing but stale Cheetos and warm beer, and we watched Gigli on TV. We should have stayed home!
The whole fucking place is a gong show, nobody knows what they are doing.
The party last night was one big gong show. The DJ played The Carpenters, we had nothing but stale Cheetos and warm beer, and we watched Gigli on TV. We should have stayed home!
by The Real Canadian July 10, 2021
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