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Heldering Syndrome 

The Heldering Syndrome is a term used to describe psychological phenomenon wherein a good idea for a new word on urbandictionary.com is taken hostage by others and the once positive feelings from acceptance into urbandictionary.com are turned into dismay, shame, shock and the need to apologize for ever thinking that defining the word was funny.

The following are viewed as the conditions for Heldering syndrome to occur.

* When seeing defined word on twitter makes you cringe

* When seeing or hearing reference to the defined word, or a word that is similar to the defined word immediately feeling as if you must issue a mass apology.
S: Did you see all of the heldering going on? What the heldering?

T: (sound of head hitting desk)

S: I knew it. Eventually she'd get Heldering Syndrome. Uh, can somebody send held- i mean help?
Heldering Syndrome by TC_1 September 8, 2010
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Salvadoran Hollering Pigs Syndrome 

The syndrome is in swine and causes great pain to the animal in which a parasite in the pig’s stomach eats it’s stomach lining. This causes the infected to let out a ‘holler’ that is loud and can last for a few minutes or hours. The parasite eats the stomach until stomach acid spills out onto the rest of the organs, tearing through them and killing the swine.
My pig has Salvadoran hollering pigs syndrome. I’m going to have to put her down before it causes her even more pain.

bang a you-ee 

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"
hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee
Word of the Day on July 19, 2026
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"
Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013
Word of the Day on July 18, 2026
To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.
"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."
Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026
Word of the Day on July 17, 2026

Hair spider

A tight, tangled knot of loose hair and lint that forms inside clothing during the clothes dryer cycle. It typically hides inside garments, causing an annoying lump or a phantom tickling sensation against the skin until it is found or falls out onto the floor during folding.
I was folding my clothes and a huge hair spider fell out onto my hand
Hair spider by Kmorsels July 15, 2026
Word of the Day on July 16, 2026
n. A screenshot fabricated by a company to misrepresent the graphics of a game; a combination of the words bullshit and screenshot.

Originated from Penny Arcade, a popular gaming webcomic.
-Have you seen Madden 2006 for the Xbox 360? The graphics are gonna be awesome!
-Dude, the Madden 2006 images they showed at E3 were bullshots. It doesn't look nearly as good as they said.
bullshot by Worker Unit #503,298,545 September 26, 2005
Word of the Day on July 15, 2026