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hors d'oeuvres 

A bunch of nasty little foods on platters at a social event. Often they are the only meal served during the entire event because the hosts are too cheap to provide a main course.

Pronounced: or-DERVS
Dude, they found maggots in the hors d'oeuvres at the company party, so nobody had anything to eat the entire evening.
hors d'oeuvres by dookeyboy November 28, 2010

hors d'œuvres 

A meal you eat. Usually comes right before dinner. I'm getting really hungry now!
We ate antipasta as our hors d'œuvres.
hors d'œuvres by MaryEmma July 26, 2010

hors d'oeuvre-ivore

Someone who devours only hors d'oeuvre at parties
Sylvia is a total hors d'oeuvre-ivore, eschewing even the champagne.

hors d'oeuvre 

A fine older woman over the age of 30. The cougar version of a snack. Once a snack hits 30, she becomes an hors d'oeuvre, assuming she's still fine.
I'd rather hit the mall during the day to pickup some hors d'oeuvres while their husbands are at work.
hors d'oeuvre by Spag'n'Ballz December 7, 2017

new world hors d'œuvre 

an opportunity to exploit economic inequity before all other capitalists by shadowing military excursions into volatile territory.
We managed to create a short term boom to the economy by declaring war and capitalizing on the new world hors d'œuvre.
new world hors d'œuvre by esher February 2, 2009
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
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