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KAFK

An acronym, meaning 'Kinda Away From Keyboard'
Like AFK (or Away From Key board) but not the full inability to text/chat, game, etc.
i won't be able to talk regularly, i'm KAFK at the moment.
by XenoToones September 20, 2019
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kafkatrap

To accuse someone of some form of "ism" (sexism, racism etc.) and to proclaim that their denial, or any attempt they make to defend themselves, is proof that they are guilty. A favorite tactic of the social justice warrior.
"Your refusal to admit that you are a misogynist proves you're a misogynist."

"Hey, that's kafkatrapping!"
by Bdelygmia January 7, 2016
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Franz Kafka

Kryštof : Franz Kafka is literally me
Adam : Have you heard about the Franz Kafka paradox?
by baller42652+02 June 12, 2023
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Cyber Kafka

defines situations which you feel trapped in the internet bureaucracy.
i was trying to contact a website by emailing them and got this cyber kafka reply.
by Trutl July 5, 2014
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Franz Kafka

I'm just a lonely german,
A lonely german from Prague,
HE IS FRANZ KAFKA! FRANZ KAFKA!
Oh. a rock opera based of Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis..
by iwannabeanalcoholic August 28, 2004
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Kafkaesque

Comes from the author Franz Kafka, and refers to the style with which he wrote his books (which in his dying wish asked for to be burned).

Basically it describes a nightmarish situation which most people can somehow relate to, although strongly surreal. With an ethereal, "evil", omnipotent power floating just beyond the senses.
You go to the city to see the law. Upon arrival outside the building, there is a guard who says "You may not pass without permission", you notice that the door is open, but it closed enough for you to not see anything (the law).

You point out that you can easily go into the building, and the guard agrees. Rather than be disagreeable, however, you decide to wait until you have permission.

You wait for many years, and when you're an old, shriveled wreck, you get yourself to ask:

"During all the years I've waited here, no-one else has tried to pass in to see the law, why is this?",
and the guard answers:

"It is true that no-one else has passed here, that is because this door was always meant solely for you, but now, it is closed forever".

He then procceeds to close the door and calmly walk away.

This is in fact, one of his short stories, and is very typical to his style, i.e. kafkaesque.
by LinuX February 12, 2006
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Kafka-esque-esque

(of words) Overused to the point of meaninglessness, especially if by pseudo-intellectuals.
Pam: Sex with you is really a Kafka-esque experience.
Alvy: Oh. Thank you.
Pam: I mean that as a compliment.

(In this example, from Woody Allen's "Annie Hall", Pam's use of "Kafka-esque" is VERY Kafka-esque-esque.)
by Swirly Kiwi Cymbal August 23, 2011
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