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The current chief executive of Hong Kong 

Carrie Lam. The ‘best’ CE ever. ‘999999999’ votes for her to live forever. Also called ‘Miss 777’ since she got 777 votes in the election in 26/3/2020.
The current chief executive of Hong Kong is so ‘good’!

against the current 

A great rising band who makes beautiful music that pours out awesomeness in every note
Against the current is going to be the best band!

Against The Current 

An extremely underrated band with amazing music. It's members include Chrissy Costanza, Dan Gow, and Will Ferri.
"I love this new Against The Current song oml!"

Against The Current 

It's an underrated band formed in 2011. The members are the singer Chrissy Costanza, the guitarist Dan Gow& the drummer Will Ferri. At first, they covered popular songs, mostly with youtubers like Alex Goot or also with Set It Off. Then, after they received a small fanbase, ATC released their first original song called "Thinking". They also toured together with bands like Stateside,Set It Off and The Faim. Now, they've got 2 EPs & 2 albums out: The Infinity EP (2014), The Gravity EP (2015), In Our Bones (2017) & Past Lives (2018). The fans are called Outsiders (reference to their song "Outsider") but also ATC Fam. I could go on talking about them for years but just check them out, they deserve way more appreciation!!
Someone: can you define AgainstTheCurrent for me? You talk a lot about it but I really don't know what this is.
Me: Yes of course, Against The Current is an underrated band, you really need to listen to AgainstTheCurrent, you can't imagine how much they mean to me, I love all their songs, album & I really like the personality of every member, like—
Someone: oh ok I'll listen to them later thank u
Against The Current by allthevoices September 17, 2019

In the current climate 

Someone who tries to show their intelligence by saying current climate, instead of 'currently' or 'at the moment' . Also normally used way too many times within a conversation.
Gerald wants to sell his house, it is massively over priced but in the current climate everyone needs a house to live in. Current climate, current climate.

an event, idea, or procedure that effects a significant shift in the current way of doing or thinking about something.

an event, idea, or procedure that effects a significant shift in the current way of doing or thinking about something.
an event, idea, or procedure that effects a significant shift in the current way of doing or thinking about something.
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proper lad 

a lad that is such a lad that he is a proper lad
person1:did you see bob
person2: ya he was a proper lad
Word of the Day on October 29, 2026
The number of years you are still sexually active
While our lifespan is the number of years we will live, our healthspan is the number of healthy years we will have and our sexspan is is the number of years we will continue to be healthy enough to continue having an active sex life.
sexspan by Dr Kat April 21, 2022
Word of the Day on October 28, 2026
A lighthearted reaction upon receiving disappointing news of some sort. Usually something that isn't a particularly a big deal, esp. when it primarily affects someone else - sort of a mild schadenfreude. Sometimes doubled or tripled, and possibly said in a sing-songy voice for added comedic effect to imitate a muted trumpet, which is how the meme originated.
You didn't get any napkins with your takeout pork fried rice? Womp womp.
womp by 175623226 November 3, 2011
Word of the Day on October 27, 2026
When your wife’s boyfriend let you sleep past 8pm 😎😎
Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!
Poggers by Just_Charles April 14, 2020
Word of the Day on October 26, 2026

Oblication 

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
Oblication by kimmerr May 5, 2011
Word of the Day on October 25, 2026

Surf Dracula Syndrome 

A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.

For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
Word of the Day on October 24, 2026
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