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What in tarnation!?

An exclamatory phrase often utilized by those originating in the Southern United States, often having equivalence to "What the heck?"
"What in tarnation!? Are you using my hot sauce?"
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Dog zankation 

When you spend all days before exams in doing nothing and the night before the exam you decide to study all lectures
I have an exam tomorrow. I’m in dog zankation mood now.
Dog zankation by Ayten Ahmed February 24, 2021

Dog’s Zankation Syndrome 

It is a syndrome that affects students and it means that the student studies what has been studied in three or four months just few hours before the exam. This syndrome begins one or two days before the exam or in any means of transport while the student is literally on his way to sit for the exam.
Symptoms are “laughing for no reason accompanied by crying and increased hunger and thirst”..
( polyphagia , polydipsia , severe psychosis ).
The treatment usually consists of calming down the student and reminding him that the world is at the end a meter by meter.
(Doctors recommend serving him food he likes along with mint tea).
Friend: Do you want to hung out later?

Student: I can’t! I have an exam tomorrow! Just pray I survive this Dog’s zankation syndrome.
a fancy way of saying extortion or getting something using force or threat.
Government: Taxation is the law, so give us money or be thrown in a cage.
Taxation by Truth Tree December 12, 2019
Guy1: man it’s tax season

Guy2: taxation is theft
taxation by Displaced Yinzer October 15, 2017

tardation 

n. The set of all things which are retarded. Used as part of an epithet when one observes something retarded going on.
What in tardation is going on in here??!?!
tardation by SkidMarkyMark June 11, 2006
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EBK stands for "Elite Ball Knowledge." 1 In internet slang, "ball knowledge" originally referred to a deep understanding of football/soccer or basketball, but it has evolved into a broader term for having a highly sophisticated, deep, or niche understanding of any specific topic (such as music, movies, or subcultures).
Person A: "That scene was a direct homage to an unreleased 1982 Japanese indie film."
Person B: "Wow, EBK."
EBK by silwhett November 5, 2026
Word of the Day on November 6, 2026
A seemingly endless debate with a idiot
I don't know man im not ready for yap trap stupidity today which always tries to suck you into it
Yap Trap by WolfieSnack November 4, 2026
Word of the Day on November 5, 2026
Texas is categorized as a swing state in presidential elections, but has voted for Republicans more times than for Democrats in recent history. As such, as demographics change political alignments, some Democrats believe that Texas will vote blue, or Democratic, due to their Hispanic and African American voters, who often align themselves with the Democratic Party's liberal wing.

Blexas has been cited as possible in the upcoming decades, but only if Democrats continue to win the Hispanic vote in bigger margins.
Democrat 1: What is your prediction for the 2024 presidential election?
Democrat 2: Well uh, Blexas!
Democrat 1: You've been saying that since 2008 though.
Blexas by Tritonist June 14, 2021
Word of the Day on November 4, 2026

briefcake 

"Did you check out the briefcake in courtroom C?"
briefcake by Ben Frey April 6, 2006
Word of the Day on November 3, 2026
Brought to public attention by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the book on the fall of Richard Nixon, All The President’s Men, ratfucker was Nixon’s term for a political operative who sows chaos among opponents; an agent provocateur. It is thought to have originated among campus political rivalries at USC, and seems to have some usage in the US military.
Along with Nixon’s other ratfuckers, Roger Stone caused fights at otherwise peaceful Democratic Party protests to generate a false narrative that the Democrats were violent and dangerous.
Ratfucker by Ricky Ramjet November 2, 2017
Word of the Day on November 2, 2026

countrypolitan 

Term used to describe someone who is a mix of both rural (country) and urban (metropolitan) lifestyles/upbringings. He/she is typically equally comfortable in both settings and is able to seamlessly slip back and forth between the two, appreciating the characteristics of each.
That ol' gal of mine drives the 12 lane freeway during the week and a John Deere on the weekends. She likes opra and the Grand Ol' Opry. I love them countrypolitan women.
countrypolitan by MOChick November 7, 2006
Word of the Day on November 1, 2026
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