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vicarious embarrassment 

The very uncomfortable sympathetic feeling experienced while you watch someone else embarrassing themselves. This feeling is often intensified when the person embarrassing themself is not aware of how embarrassing their behavior is. In this case it is more like you are feeling the embarrassment on their behalf.
George: OMG, dude...this talent show is killing me. The fat girl dancing to 'Ice, Ice, Baby'...
Dude: I know man, I know...all the wrong things are jiggling--
George: --And her dancing! Everyone is laughing and she just keeps going. It's like a trainwreck right now. I don't even want to watch!
Dude: Total vicarious embarrassment right now, man.
George: Ugh. Let me know when it's over.
vicarious embarrassment by cuntwurst November 17, 2011
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1. To experience something through watching another's activities.

2. A great song by Tool, where in it the lead singer Maynard says that he is Vicarious because by watching people die, he himself can feel death.
1. I watched people sky-diving and felt a vicarious rush of excitment.

2. When I went to a Tool concert they played Vicarious.
vicarious by Godsmack Kid September 4, 2008

Visharian 

One whose vegetarian diet includes fish and seafood, but no meat, and typically includes dairy and eggs. A neologistic portmanteau of the words 'vegetarian' and 'fish', it is a more cool and descriptive alternative to the label pescetarian, which often invites partisan ridicule by waiters in restaurants.
Skinny Waiter: "Hey, did you take the order from those pesky pescetarians on table 5 yet? They wanted to order off-menu...Jesus, why can't they just order in...oh man, now look, they're waving at me..."
Fat Waiter: "Yeah, but they're actually Visharians"
Skinny Waiter: "Oh really? K, that's cool then, give me the docket, I'll go express it".
Visharian by Breaga March 12, 2011
A small farm town that treasures its fertile land and women. Currently has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in the nation and air quality that makes LA seem clean. Its inhabitants’ offspring typically get educated at schools that battle over cow hides and drink in abandon fields, typically close to ditches. Visalians are classified as those who leave or those who stay. Those that leave can be found in random of places through out the world.
You are from Visalia? Where the hell is that?
visalia by Mr. Pelota October 13, 2005
One of the best cities to live in. Where teen preganancy rates are the highest, Meth labs can be found in most neighborhoods, and most of the male adults are habitual marijuana smokers. These habbits are regularly passed down to the children. A city whose finest highschools compete for cow skins, and pass the time cruising Mooney while smoking a joint. The suck, once you leave, you will come back. A place where your wildest dreams will not come true, however, your wildest dreams will keep you happy enough to love Visalia to the end.
Where are you from?
-im from Visalia motherfucker
WHere is that?
-if you dont know, then you dont need to know
Visalia by B-Rad L April 20, 2006
An fine example of a strapping young man. Often times Albanian. Has a nice booty.
Shit girl, check out that visar. He's fine as hell.
visar by Erica. December 23, 2004
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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
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The number of years you are still sexually active
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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
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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
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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!
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