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A very short text message; usually with very few characters or words.
My friend has a terrible smartphone plan that forces him to reply to my long texts with NANO-TEXT replies; which I never understand!
Nano-Text by Major Thomas Randle January 22, 2019

nano-tubular 

A modern phrase of the 1980's term tubular. cool,fun,exciting.
When tiger woods finishes under par, it's totally nano-tubular.
nano-tubular by David Chavez January 18, 2009

Nano-tubular 

“That was totally nano-tubular brah”
Nano-tubular by sillylittleguy February 27, 2024

Nano-tubular 

Nano-tubular is a stupid phrase that nobody should use.

Only people who suck for life say "Nano-tubular"
"That's so nano-tubular, bro!" -person that sucks for a living
Nano-tubular by WhoaImSoCool February 27, 2024

toke-nado 

A tornado of smoke created by inhaling smoke from a pipe, joint, etc., exhaling it onto a flat surface in a room with no air circulating, and lifting your hand swiftly, vertically through the smoke (like a reverse karate chop) from the surface. If you do it right, at least one toke-nado is formed.
BMO Chop! Woooooah mayne, I blew out so much smoke on the table, my toke-nado looked like a tiny hurricane. Yay weed!
toke-nado by SweetSomethings December 10, 2013

The Nano Effect 

You will not receive your shipment on time and it will be delayed.
Person 1: Oh shit, my Random Access Memory is delayed again... :(
Person 2: Don't worry, it's The Nano Effect.
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The number of years you are still sexually active
While our lifespan is the number of years we will live, our healthspan is the number of healthy years we will have and our sexspan is is the number of years we will continue to be healthy enough to continue having an active sex life.
sexspan by Dr Kat April 21, 2022
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A lighthearted reaction upon receiving disappointing news of some sort. Usually something that isn't a particularly a big deal, esp. when it primarily affects someone else - sort of a mild schadenfreude. Sometimes doubled or tripled, and possibly said in a sing-songy voice for added comedic effect to imitate a muted trumpet, which is how the meme originated.
You didn't get any napkins with your takeout pork fried rice? Womp womp.
womp by 175623226 November 3, 2011
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When your wife’s boyfriend let you sleep past 8pm 😎😎
Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!
Poggers by Just_Charles April 14, 2020
Word of the Day on October 26, 2026

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
Word of the Day on October 25, 2026

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!
Word of the Day on October 24, 2026

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
Word of the Day on October 23, 2026
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