Short Answer

To answer a question without wanting to give any background information usually due to shame. Also used when you know the complete answer is extremely unexciting.

Ryan- Hey Brad did you sleep with that chick last night?
Brad-Short answer? Yes
Ryan- Long answer?
Brad-Yes.. and she turned out to be a "he" so lets drop it ok...

How was the movie last night?
Short answer? It sucked.

Short Answer by Paskeet September 13, 2009

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Any question on an exam that isn't multiple choice or matching. This is every student's worst nightmare and is the most common reason they fail, partly because they have no idea what to write down.

I failed the exam because every question was short answer.

short answer by The Real Driller October 30, 2023

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Short-Answer

Any answer that is not multiple choice, matching, or an essay.

a. Matt is a "dumbass," where the word in parentheses is the short-answer
b. solve: 2x=4, "x=2" where the word in parentheses is the short-answer

Short-Answer by Matt "The Dumbass" Mounts January 18, 2009

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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

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Grindset

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

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jerb

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

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Cheeks

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

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