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Mandatum paradox 

this is a paradox which occurs when someone asks you to 'not be nice to them'. Here, if you do not behave nicely towards them, you are actually listening to them, and thus being nice. Whereas, if you don't listen to them, you'll be acting nice to them. And thus, there is no appropriate action to this command/request.
Dude, she asked me not to be nice to her, but that request makes no sense, isn't the mandatum paradox exactly about this?
Mandatum paradox by op3rator October 7, 2021
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Mandamus 

The congress exercised their write of mandamus this morning forcing the president withdrawl.
Mandamus by Robert the Hairy September 26, 2011

mandammit 

(noun) A thin, wispy moustache, usually hugging the lipline. Just a few hairs thick, and usually extends no further to the sides than the mouth does.

Usually the only facial hair that 14- or 15-year-olds can grow, it is left unshaven as a display of how manly the child has become.

Though occasionally worn by grown adults, the mandammit is the hallmark of teenagers insecure about themselves, but proud that they can grow facial hair. These teenagers are usually male.
"I am a MAN! DAMMIT! Don'cha see my friggin' sweet 'STASH?!?"

Kevin Federline has a mandammit, two kids with Brittney Spears, and absolutely no talent.
mandammit by edward_violet December 11, 2009

Hate Sink 

A person you hate intensely not because they deserve such hatred but because they serve as a focus for your general hatred. A healthy way to dispense with excess animosity.
Jake's not really that big an asshole. He just serves as my hate sink.
Word of the Day on July 26, 2026

funiosity 

The art of being peculiar, but in an amusing fashion.
"Wow, look at that dog running on three legs"
- "Yeah, that sure is a funiosity"
funiosity by Supersonic Stevie November 23, 2007
Word of the Day on July 25, 2026
A toe rag was originally a foot wrapping used, since mediaeval times up until the mid-nineteenth century, to protect the foot from chafing by boots or shoes. As these were, quite literally, rags they weren’t usually washed, and so with use they became very smelly until they were thrown away. Because of the similarity in smell, toe rag also became the name applied to dried, salted cod or other things with a strong, unpleasant, fishy smell. It didn’t take that long before the name was applied to someone who was an obnoxious, unpleasant OIC.
1 “Socks! Those aren’t socks you smelly git, they’re toe rags!”
2 “What have you been cooking? Smells like toe rag!”
3 “I can smell ‘er fanny from ‘ere, proper toe rag.”
4 That Heale Malcolm is a right toe rag.
Toe Rag by AKACroatalin November 29, 2016
Word of the Day on July 24, 2026