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Katzenjammer

a) When a musician plays/sings in an unpleasant manner so the music sounds like a cat wailing. (Katzenjammer literally translates to catwailing.)

b) A hangover.

c) The feeling of sadness after an euphoric event is over.
I like this song, but that guy is just playing katzenjammer!
Katzenjammer by OnlyJulicorn January 25, 2018

katzenjammer

when you get a headache after a hangover according to the oxford dictionary.
I had a bad katzenjammer yesterday!
katzenjammer by hehehehe012434789 January 26, 2022

Katzenjammer (ˈkætsənˌdʒæmər)

Definition of katzenjammer in English:

katzenjammer
NOUN

1US informal, dated Confusion; uproar.
1.1A hangover; a severe headache resulting from a hangover.

Origin
Mid 19th century from German Katzen (combining form of Katze ‘cat’) + Jammer ‘distress’; popularized by the cartoon Katzenjammer Kids, drawn by Rudolf Dirks in 1897 for the New York Journal, featuring two incorrigible children.

Pronunciation
katzenjammer
/ˈkatsənˌjamər/ /ˈkætsənˌdʒæmər/
All of this criminal katzenjammer - and much, much more - was authorized at the highest levels, as top procurement brass and Pentagon officials confirmed.’
‘And yet, in 1979, the man who loaned his prestigious name to this enormous katzenjammer denounced the parapsychologists for being weird.’
‘The war and the next war have nothing to do with liberation or terrorism or any of that katzenjammer.’‘By now, my katzenjammer had eased to the point where my head only throbbed if I made sudden movements.’

Katzenjammer (ˈkætsənˌdʒæmər)
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"
Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013
Word of the Day on July 18, 2026
To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.
"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."
Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026
Word of the Day on July 17, 2026

Hair spider

A tight, tangled knot of loose hair and lint that forms inside clothing during the clothes dryer cycle. It typically hides inside garments, causing an annoying lump or a phantom tickling sensation against the skin until it is found or falls out onto the floor during folding.
I was folding my clothes and a huge hair spider fell out onto my hand
Hair spider by Kmorsels July 15, 2026
Word of the Day on July 16, 2026