Made famous by the movie "Erin Brockovich", the town of Hinkley, California suffered large scale contamination of its drinking water with hexavalent chromium, a lethal chemical known to cause cancer and damage the respiratory system, kidneys, liver, skin and eyes. In 1996 the residents of Hinkley were awarded the largest settlement payout in history from PG&E, but many left the area afterwards, fearing continued deception at the hands of the company. It's now largely a ghost town - that's the Hinkley Effect.

Hinkley Effect by Danny Anonymous September 27, 2020

Hinkle-huck

(V) to go big and hope for the best when all bets are off.

1. "Did you study for that math midterm?"
"No I just Hinkle-hucked it..."

2. "What did you try to do on that last wave?"
" I don't even know. I just Hinkle-hucked it."

Hinkle-huck by Skinn Rols September 3, 2014

honkler

Someone who is black pilled but instead of being depressed, has embraced the insanity of Clown World. Will laugh at the news and troll people on the internet. Honk Honk!

How is John so upbeat with all the chaos going on in the world? He's a honkler.

honkler by Joesmitherson June 21, 2020

Hanklerfish

Noun: An angler fish drawn by a Hank. Any Hank can draw a Hanklerfish.

Verb, Hanklerfished: Describing someone named Hank having drawn an Anglerfish. Usually used as past-tence.

Verb, Hanklerfishing: The act of drawing a Hanklerfish.

"So a Hanklerfish is an anglerfish drawn by a Hank?"
"Uh huh. There are other Hanks that can make Hanklerfish."
"So if, Like, Hank Williams III were to draw me an anglerfish, that would be a Hanklerfish?'
"It would also be a Hanklerfish."
-Hank and John Green, Youtube

Hanklerfish by NavalPiercedNerd August 19, 2011

Whale

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020

Word of the Day on September 21, 2026

Concrete cowboy

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.

Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.

Concrete cowboy by EugeneJohnson42000 March 16, 2024

Word of the Day on September 20, 2026

hobo loko

any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear

hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh

hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026

Word of the Day on September 19, 2026

God Shot

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".

Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."

God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011

Word of the Day on September 18, 2026

city chicken

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.

Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?

city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006

Word of the Day on September 17, 2026

Is that cake?

Another way to say is this fake? Like the show real or cake

“Slayyyter just announced another album last night”
“No way, is that cake?”
“Yeah whoops this isn’t real”

Is that cake? by Sexyyred September 15, 2026

Word of the Day on September 16, 2026