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Macfarlaning

Relying heavily on pop cultural references for humor, often hit or miss
Family Guy is guilty of Macfarlaning, most of its jokes are pop cultural references that can either be very funny, or just fail.
by zxre9 August 31, 2014
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MacFarlanian

1) Pertaining to the work of comedy writer Seth MacFarlane

2) The methodical school behind the work or any student thereof

3) A general reference to a humoric style which favors cut-aways, overdrawn bits and Reagan-era cultural references
1) Carly: Wow, Fox is really on a MacFarlanian craze these days. They just picked up three more of his sitcoms.

2) Braxton: Did you know Temple is offering a course in MacFarlanian psychology in the fall? I'm so there.

3) Jamarr: Yeah, the trick is to be utterly MacFarlanian in the commitment to the gag.
by baroquegangsta April 15, 2008
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mcfarlanding

1) The act of deliberately wasting the audience's time for "comedic" effect
2) The act of excruciatingly drawing out a dead joke in the vain hope that this will somehow make it funny
3) The author(s) taunting the audience for their own amusement
I wish TV shows would stop Mcfarlanding; it hasn't gotten any better since Seth McFarland did it in his shows
by Balloonie-cat1 March 19, 2023
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