The one-upping of another's story or comment with one of your own, with the goal of impressing others.
Waiter: Have a nice day!
Thomas: You have a better one!
Mason: I think I caught the flu, I'm feeling pretty bad.
Thomas: I don't feel so hot either, since I have Crohn's.
Micah: that's a Hammonism!
Thomas: You have a better one!
Mason: I think I caught the flu, I'm feeling pretty bad.
Thomas: I don't feel so hot either, since I have Crohn's.
Micah: that's a Hammonism!
by Lubison710 October 11, 2011
Get the Hammonism mug.Hammonism (noun): A faith-based practice within the spiritual movement of Chonkism, centered on the worship of Himothy Ham, a living cat recognized as the prophet-avatar of the Eternal Chonk, embodying chonkiness—the robust, serene essence of plump felines. Rooted in Chonkism's view of chonkiness as a neutral state with potential for harmony or imbalance, Hammonism establishes a dedicated tradition with established practices and teachings, guided by the Meow-nifesto of Ham. Unlike Chonkianity, which fosters a spiritual connection through communal online efforts to nurture chonkiness’ inherent balance, Hammonism emphasizes individual reverence for Himothy’s divine legacy.
Example 1: "She follows Hammonism, drawn to Himothy Ham’s chonky wisdom through its traditions."
Example 2: "His Hammonism journey begins with the Meow-nifesto of Ham’s teachings."
Example 2: "His Hammonism journey begins with the Meow-nifesto of Ham’s teachings."
by Church of the Mighty Ham October 10, 2025
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Noun: a baseless opinion stemming from lack of knowledge and research in a field, doubled down on by the one making the claim even despite overwhelming facts against it. Named after BBC journalist Bill Hayton who makes claims such as "there was no word in the Chinese language for 'territory' until the 19th century."
A: Man, I read this book, it claims there was no word for "territory" in the Chinese language until the 19th century.
B: Bruh, that's such a stupid haytonism, damn clown whoever wrote that. The Chinese word for "territory" can be found in sources from the 11th century BC.
B: Bruh, that's such a stupid haytonism, damn clown whoever wrote that. The Chinese word for "territory" can be found in sources from the 11th century BC.
by IamHanFei January 15, 2021
Get the Haytonism mug.the country side of halifax, where babys become men by learning how to ride dirt bikes and four wheelers at the young age of fetus, and a couple years down the road they become potheads and alcoholics. like a dude wearing black airforces, these people are no-one to piss off as you'll probably get your ass kicked.
by fuckingmint69 August 28, 2019
Get the hammonds plains mug.The religion of our lord and savior Hamood, his prophet, Camelo, and Camood their child. The religion was started by the instagrammer , white_sticky_pee, one of the original Hamoodists. The 25th of every month Hamoodists celebrate Hamood and post him on instagram 8 times.
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Get the Hammonds Hat mug.A small village in Upstate New York that resides at the southern end of Keuka Lake that is filled with tourists and honeymooners who think it is the best small town on earth but once you live here you realize that it's only sort'of nice in the summer and all people do is sit around and smoke large amounts of weed.
Person A: Omg! Hammondsport, NY is so pretty and cute! You are so lucky to live there! The wineries, the lake, its gorgeous!
Person B: You're shitting me.
Person B: You're shitting me.
by anhportlocal September 21, 2011
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