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Quidditch Rules

Refers to any competition or game, official or otherwise, where there is one task that has a significantly disproportionate effect on the scoring; Especially where this single task has a huge luck element to it.

This term originates from the rules of Quidditch, a sport in author J.K. Rowling's fictional world of witchcraft & wizardry, in which there are multiple ways to score a handful of points, but the if a seeker catches the Golden Snitch –an action that immediately ends the game– they receive 15x a normal scoring point in the game, thus almost always securing the victory even if they were significantly behind in the rest of the game.
We worked our butts off to score well all semester, but the professor pulled some Quidditch Rules bullsh*t and gave the team who did best on last week's assignment 15x the points of all the other assignments, so the team in last place won.
Quidditch Rules by Calvin2009 March 19, 2021
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Rules of Quidditch

When a TV show, movie or book needlessly repeats details from earlier episodes, usually to the annoyance of fans. The term originates from the Harry Potter book series, where the rules of the wizarding sport were painstakingly explained at the beginning of nearly every book.
"We can miss the first five minutes of 24, it's just Rules of Quidditch anyway."
Rules of Quidditch by thaggas December 15, 2011

Summer Teeth 

When someone has a lot of missing teeth.
Mannn, that dude has summer teeth!
What do you mean?
Summer here, summer there...
Summer Teeth by BeckPot August 2, 2012
Word of the Day on May 24, 2026
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”
Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026
Word of the Day on May 23, 2026
well known from south park
rednecks get angrry that future folk took there jobs so they yell
They took ouare jerbs!
Them future folk took ouare jerbs!
jerb by Jimberley Kim April 7, 2005
Word of the Day on May 22, 2026
An Irish phrase meaning shit, derived from ass
(Not to be confused with the literal description of one's buttocks)
"Did you hear the song Aylek$ dropped?"
"Hardly. Her music is absolute cheeks."

"My boyfriend say LaFlame is cheeks."
"Tell your boyfriend I said it's his mixtape that's cheeks."
Cheeks by thecartisan April 26, 2020
Word of the Day on May 21, 2026

sans sheriff 

Lawless use of fonts or typography, with no regard to aesthetics or legibility
I'm putting this CV straight in the bin. Written totally sans sheriff.
sans sheriff by Jamarley July 3, 2019
Word of the Day on May 20, 2026