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The Ship is Sailing 

When you want 2 people to date you ship them, when they do end up dating, that’s when “the ship is sailing”
Hey! Did you hear that jack and Leslie are finally together?

No way! The ship is sailing!

The ship has sailed 

Fandom: Used to express joy when a fan's ship comes to pass esp. in a TV show.
Oh my gosh! They kissed! They finally kissed! The ship has sailed!

The ship sunk 

A certain couple or shipped pair have broken up or did not get together.
The One True Pairing that did not succeed.
Person One:Hey did you hear about the power couple,Michelle and Peter
Person Two:Yeah bro,the ship sunk.
The ship sunk by da_rules July 23, 2015

The Ship Be Sinking 

Famous quote of former New York Knickerbocker Michael Ray Richardson. Indicates an epic fail.
Joe: Hey, what do you think of the Obama campaign now that Palin is the vp pick?

Me: The ship be sinking.
The Ship Be Sinking by Audacity17 October 20, 2008

The Ship Had Sailed Before Its Occupants Made It To The Harbor 

Also "The Ship Had Sailed Before Its Occupants Made It To The Port".

An idiom meaning the ship between characters was confirmed canon before people started shipping them.
Person 1: Doom Guy and Isabelle have already been confirmed canon by Nintendo.
Person 2: The Ship Had Sailed Before Its Occupants Made It To The Harbor

Flag the ship 

When a man has sex with a woman who is pregnant with another man's baby.
1. If you try to flag the ship, I'll fucking break your ass.

2. Baby, don't tell me you let someone flag the ship!
Flag the ship by viatheinternets April 16, 2009
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Me: Poggers!
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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
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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

Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
Northstarring by Light Bearer October 22, 2026
Word of the Day on October 23, 2026

Plate of Brown 

A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
Plate of Brown by Cheddar Craigson September 18, 2020
Word of the Day on October 22, 2026

Larpenomics

When finance content creators rent out fancy cars and flex cash to seem richer than they really are in order to promote and sell their “get rich quick” courses.
Andrew Tate has mastered the field of larpenomics
Larpenomics by Rbois09 October 21, 2026
Word of the Day on October 21, 2026
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