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Scared Straight 

1. Experiences of a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) person "scared" into acting "straight" = scared straight, for a good lot of their life for fear of harassment, bullying, persecution & bullying.

2. A prison documentary about juvenile delinquents that are brought into prison for a whole day & get yelled at by convicts who know first hand what hard life is like in prison with the hopes of derailing their destructive path towards the prison industrial machine.
1. I was afraid of being harassed by those bullies that I was scared straight into hoping they will ignore me.

2. Go see Scared Straight.
Scared Straight by QUEERTY November 9, 2010
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scared straight 

when a woman yells at your penis until you get a boner
i was scared straight by the expensive hooker
scared straight by dkterran January 27, 2014

Scared Straight 

Intimidated so much by the straights that you prentend to be to be one of them to blend in. I.e., lesbianoge, being a secret gaygent, etc.
Abby: Wait, why is Bailey pretending she doesn't have a girlfriend in front of her relatives.
Darcy: Even the best of us get scared straight by our homophobic relatives.

beyond scared straight

A reality show where defiant teens are forced to spend a day (and sometimes a night) in jail, interacting with convicted felons who give them first-hand experience of life behind bars with the hope that they see where the path of destruction they are headed down could lead them.
It fun to watch Beyond Scared Straight and see troublesome and stupid brats get a much-needed attitude adjustment by visiting prison and getting verbally abused by inmates and prison staff.

A Booger In The Nose Of Progress 

Anything that impedes or otherwise interferes with a process going forward.
"Militarily, that inquest was a booger in the nose of progress."

or

"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."
Word of the Day on June 2, 2026

🤡🫵🏻

How to say "you're an idiot/clown" using only emojis.
Person 1: Insert completely incorrect and/or idiotic statement here
Person 2: 🤡🫵🏻
Word of the Day on June 1, 2026
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
Word of the Day on May 31, 2026