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Maturity Time Out 

A time out given to an adult who needs to grow up.
Bob needs a maturity time out, he's acting like a child.
Maturity Time Out by Belle2006 August 6, 2011

time out 

An action taken by one friend towards another after being provoked past that individual's threshold or tolerance for annoyance, disagreement, or disrespect towards him/her. An Italian often has a much lower than normal tolerance for aggravation, and will prompt a "time out" by saying "Are you f---ing serious right now bro'?" or "How you gonna come off like that to me?". He will then place the friend (sometimes ex-friend) on "time out" for an indefinite time period, not talking, calling, nor returning phone calls. In extreme cases, the melancholy time-out-ee will try anything to get back together with his/her friend. The exchange of online, often sentimental, greeting cards are a popular option.
Jason had had enough... he pulled up next to Manny in his Camaro exclaiming, "That's it bro'. You're on time out!"
time out by J__ July 7, 2006

Time Out Text 

When you are texting somebody and you don't know what to say so you take a quick 5 minute break to walk around and think.
Emma: wanna get married???

*5 minutes later after taking a time out text*

Chris: sure how about tomarrow?
Time Out Text by KoRnMAGGOT January 31, 2010

Time Out Corder 

A discord role given out in private discord servers. Often used to detain that Nima From School that's always saying the N-Word. Spelt wrong on purpose, because people in private servers are above grammar.
Nima From School: N*****
Private Discord Admin: There he goes again, better give him the Time Out Corder role.
Time Out Corder by Dog Ford\ June 15, 2021

time out 

a punishment used by white people when a child misbehaves, in which the child is temporarily forced to remain silent in a single spot. This method is usually ineffective, as opposed to the method used by black people who simply beat the child.
white man- "I HAVE IT. EVERYBODY GETS A TIME OUT!"

black man- "SHUT THE FUCK UP NIGGA BEFORE I BEAT YOUR MONKEY ASS!"
time out by ryan fuckin bryant June 23, 2008

Time out 

Punishment for saying or doing somethin really dumb. Involves kneeling down and touching forehead to kneecap.
"I accidently made out with my cousin last night"

Damn you need to take a timeout for that one!
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Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!
Poggers by Just_Charles April 14, 2020
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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
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.

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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
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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
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