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Of Irish origin meaning "scandal" or "scandalous" in gaelic. Generally spelled with -an in southern Ireland and -on in northern Ireland
Rebecca Scanlan sure is a hottie!
Scanlan by Becscan February 11, 2013

scatalanche 

A powerful explosion of greasy, runny shit from your ass, such as you might have after eating 10 White Castle hamburgers.
Mikey barely made it home from White Castle, sprinting to the toilet for the scatalanche from hell.
scatalanche by VelvetB August 14, 2009

Spanalanche 

A load of Spanish chavs running towards you with their pathetic hair styles and "bum bags"..! They normally run for English people, or just small people.
"Look Olivia it's a spanalanche..!! RUN..!!!"
Spanalanche by Unika March 10, 2008

scranalanalan 

Similar to yumand deriving from the word scran meaning food, 'scranalanalan' is used to express pleasure at eating, or at the prospect of eating, a particular food or meal.
"Alright chaps, who's coming Maccies?"

"Ahh yeah count me in! Scranalanalan!"
(v.) The art of taking raw manga and scanning it into a computer. Mainly used by otakus and other fans of manga. Has a deep base in the world of IRC and usually is done out of boredom. The method of scanalation usually goes like this. 1. Getting the crew, equiptment, lots of food, and software.
2. Getting the raw mangas.
3. Scanning it into a computer.
4. Translating the pages one at a time word by word into something that is recognizably english and somtimes other languages.
5. The Editing of the translation.
6. The final copy is compiled, along with some credits added to show that some people have worked hard to do this for you so donate some money to the site if you please.
7. The hosting of the final copy.
Otaku: Man when is the newest Airgear gonna be scanalate(d). I so can't wait for it man.
Scanalation Team: Rarr shut it it'll be out when its ready (usually monday).
scanalate by Zen Duex August 2, 2006

Scranalan 

Plural: multiple scrans.

(small to medium portions of food)
"I'm gonna go for a scranalan"
"Ok lad, sern a bit"
Scranalan by Shaz123 November 9, 2012
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proper lad 

a lad that is such a lad that he is a proper lad
person1:did you see bob
person2: ya he was a proper lad
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The number of years you are still sexually active
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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
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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
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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!
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