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Sharks in the water

Originally an United States Naval phrase used by the enlisted personnel to alert other subordinate sailors that an officer is on deck. Could also be used to make others aware of the presence of an authority figure i.e cops, a principle, or even your mom.
Younger Brother: *Forgets to do the dishes*

Older Brother: *Hears mom’s car pull in the driveway* “Bro clean this mess up!!! SHARKS IN THE WATER!!!
Sharks in the water by foxda5th September 9, 2022
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Shark in the water

"sharks in the water" refers to the other women in a relationship that a girl knows are there.
-"Why're you leaving him? You guys were so good together."
-"He thinks I'm too stupid to realize there's a shark in the water, I know he's going over some other girls place."

there’s a shark in the water 

Bruce: Yeah, sí I just broke up with my gf.
Hugh: There’s a shark in the water!

Shark in the water

Someone is mad, or the person they are mad at can't see the problem
There is a shark in the water and he doesn't know what it's doing to their relationship
Shark in the water by Handlerr August 28, 2015

Shark in the Water

Shark in the Water is a term used to convey that one is menstruating, and thus is dangerous; or to say that the "waters" are "off limits" for that week.
Not tonight, baby, there's a shark in the water.

You had better clean up after yourself, there's a shark in the water.

🤡🫵🏻

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