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Speak of the devil

When someone is taking about a person,how is expecting him, and finally he arrives.
Speak of the devil,I've been waiting for you for a long time.Where have you been?
Speak of the devil by BlackPohatu January 1, 2017

Speak Of The Devil

the person we were just mentioned showed up! Speak of The Devil is an idiom,
used if the person that was just mentioned in a conversation showing up unexpectedly.
Person 1: Why is person 4 so late to class?
Person 2: I don’t know.
Person 3: Me neither.
Person 4: Hi guys! i’m here, sorry for taking so long i was trying to be perfect today.
Person 1: Speak of the devil.

speak of the devil

when you're talking about someone behind their back and they show up
Cracker 1: "dude you know those niggers Tyrone, Jaquan and Mike Jones.... o shit hey brothas!"
Cracker 2: "speak of the devil!"

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