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A common 1980s-era mispronounciation of gigawatt, made infamous by Robert Zemeckis's "Back to the Future" trilogy.
"One point twenty one jiggawatts!"
jiggawatt by Ross M October 2, 2004

juggahater 

A juggahater is a productive, contributing member of society. They are recognized as disliking juggalos and juggalettes who are objectively acknowledged as members that inhabit the lowest echelons of the human feeding chain.

Unlike its antonyms, juggalo and juggalette, juggahaters can be potentially good-looking but may not necessarily be so.
Juggalo: "society is dark and fucked up. fuck the world."
Juggahater: "get a grip you whiny ass juggalo."
juggahater by axedisasta July 22, 2009

jigga what 

perplexed exclamation denoting confusion or suprise in reaction to another party's previous statement or action.
teacher: This paper should be 42 pages long.

student: jigga-WHAT?!
jigga what by pylocatabasis January 6, 2004

jigawatt 

Unit of power used by a Flux-capicitor.
"1.21 Jigawatts ! The only thing that can produce that kind of energy is.. A bolt of lightning."
jigawatt by Woody Two Guns December 31, 2007

needs more jiggawatts 

A phrase from the film Back to the Future. It was used in the movie by the Doc to voice concern that something needs to be more powerful.

Today, we use the same phrase to explain that things need to be more powerful or better.
Jon: Dude, my MP3 player can't hold anymore songs. It's only 256MB.

Mike: Needs more jiggawatts.

____

Sam: This computer is too slow.

Judy: Needs more jiggawatts.

____

Mary: I bought a used Geo Metro. Needs more jiggawatts.

Beth: Hells yea.

____

Sam: How do you like these wings? I made them extra spicy.

Tony: Needs more jiggawatts!

niggawhat 

The unit slave traders use to measure power.
It's gonna take 30 niggawhats to get that tractor moving.
niggawhat by redknob June 9, 2005
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Me: Poggers!
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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
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Surf Dracula Syndrome 

A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.

For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
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Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
Northstarring by Light Bearer October 22, 2026
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