Tumblr code for when you find someone you think looks like they use Tumblr. The correct response, as Tumblr users should know, is "Thank you! I stole them from the president." "Thank you," however, is commonly changed to "thanks."

Guy: *Sees someone who looks like someone they saw on Tumblr* Hey, I like your shoelaces!
Girl: Thanks. I stole them from the president.

I like your shoelaces by Sammy Blueberry the Weirdo February 18, 2021

Related Words

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Shoe and Shoelace

A very popular Russian cartoon.

Anchor: "We now return to popular Russian cartoon, Shoe and Shoelace"

Narrator: "SHOE AND SHOELACE. One is meaningless without the other"

Shoe and Shoelace by syniconthetrack September 26, 2012

I like your shoelaces

A phrase used by Tumblr users to detect another Tumblr user in the real world. Appropriate response is "Thanks, I stole them from the president!"

(Tumblr user out in public)
"I like your shoelaces"
(The respondent that is also a Tumblr User)
"Thanks, I stole them from the president!"

I like your shoelaces by Whovian-classicrock-fandom November 16, 2012

I like your shoelaces

A Supernatural reference widely used to distinguish Tumblr users from non-Tumblr users, the correct response being, "Thanks, I stole them from the president." A conversation between Dean Winchester and Ben Braeden.

Person 1: "I like your shoelaces!"
Person 2: "Thanks, I stole them from the president."

I like your shoelaces by Angel of Thursday July 12, 2018

judgemental shoelace

smol snek that looks like a shoelace

he silently judges u

beware of the judgemental shoelace chirren

if you see a smol judgemental shoelace, give him a smol boop, (DONT KEL HIM) and run

' oh look its a judgemental shoelace'

judgemental shoelace by judgemental shoelace November 18, 2018

The Shoelace Effect

When things go wrong, they will be right again - all loose ends will be tied up.

"Hey, yesterday everything seemed to go wrong but today, everything that went to shit is good again! Weird."
"Yeah, that's the shoelace effect."

The Shoelace Effect by Phorx May 31, 2015

Whale

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020

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Concrete cowboy

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.

Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.

Concrete cowboy by EugeneJohnson42000 March 16, 2024

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hobo loko

any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear

hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh

hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026

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God Shot

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".

Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."

God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011

Word of the Day on September 18, 2026

city chicken

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.

Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?

city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006

Word of the Day on September 17, 2026

Is that cake?

Another way to say is this fake? Like the show real or cake

“Slayyyter just announced another album last night”
“No way, is that cake?”
“Yeah whoops this isn’t real”

Is that cake? by Sexyyred September 15, 2026

Word of the Day on September 16, 2026