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Military intervention 

an act of an absolute destruction of a land owned by a residing state
Becky: Hey, Ryan, should we tolerate military interventions of the USA?
Ryan: But Becky, there were no military interventions committed by the USA.

5 Finger Intervention

An intervention in the schrute family. It consists of ( in this order) :
Awareness
Education
Control
Acceptance
Punching
Person 1 is an alcoholic. They become aware of what they are. Education about it. Controlling it. Accepting it and then Punching. 5 Finger Intervention

divine intervention 

when the hand of god comes down from heaven to stop motherfuckin bullets
divine intervention by jules October 12, 2003

intervention

when a group of friends get together to help out another friend who has a problem, like drugs, manic depression, beating his wife, etc. usually involves an informal get-together during which the friends all sit down and talk with the person having problems.
im calling a cookout next saturday for jim, its gonna be his intervention: he's gotta stop doing meth and hurting his children.

i will never forget how my friends held an intervention for me and got me off crack. i owe my life to them

Internension 

An awkward tension one experiences after talking to someone online for a while, and then actually meeting/seeing them outside the internet.
Bill: Hey have you been talking to Sally online?
Jim: Yeah... but when I saw her at school yesterday there was so much internension!
Internension by Sammich19 August 26, 2009

Divine Jewish Intervention  

When an unexplainable occurrence (aka miracle) happens causing/allowing one to save money.

Examples of this phenomenon are plentiful. Finding a coupon right before you're about to buy something. Discovering a discount at the register for something you're about to buy. Noticing that you have an extra $100 in savings you forgot about. Finding an extra $5 in your purse you never knew was there. Tampax being put on sale during the week you just so happened to start your period. The list goes on and on.....
"Honey, remember that resturant we're going to on Friday? I just got a coupon for it in the mail! It's Divine Jewish Intervention!"

"I went to the store expecting to pay $100 for those shoes but Divine Jewish Intervention caused them to only ring up for $80!"
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kinktober 

An excuse for people to write porn with different types of kinks throughout the month of October.

Smut Fanfiction
That chick doesn't write often but when she does, its for Kinktober.
kinktober by Kinkiest July 12, 2018
Word of the Day on October 30, 2026

proper lad 

a lad that is such a lad that he is a proper lad
person1:did you see bob
person2: ya he was a proper lad
Word of the Day on October 29, 2026
The number of years you are still sexually active
While our lifespan is the number of years we will live, our healthspan is the number of healthy years we will have and our sexspan is is the number of years we will continue to be healthy enough to continue having an active sex life.
sexspan by Dr Kat April 21, 2022
Word of the Day on October 28, 2026
A lighthearted reaction upon receiving disappointing news of some sort. Usually something that isn't a particularly a big deal, esp. when it primarily affects someone else - sort of a mild schadenfreude. Sometimes doubled or tripled, and possibly said in a sing-songy voice for added comedic effect to imitate a muted trumpet, which is how the meme originated.
You didn't get any napkins with your takeout pork fried rice? Womp womp.
womp by 175623226 November 3, 2011
Word of the Day on October 27, 2026
When your wife’s boyfriend let you sleep past 8pm 😎😎
Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!
Poggers by Just_Charles April 14, 2020
Word of the Day on October 26, 2026

Oblication 

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
Oblication by kimmerr May 5, 2011
Word of the Day on October 25, 2026
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