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power wagging

A term coined by NBC's 30 Rock. It's when you shake your index finger at someone to make a point to whatever you're saying. First used in a season 5 episode called "Plan B" by Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin's character).
Liz - "You're looking out for us, right? Pounding on desks and doing whatever this called." (she's shaking her index finger)

Jack - "Power wagging."
power wagging by TURBO1NIX April 16, 2011
To ditch an event or school
"Hey Damo,what did you do on Tuesday?"
"I fucken wagged school because i'm a real Aussie cunt"
"Hey maybe you shouldn't wag school"
"HEY SHUT YOUR BLOODY MOUTH BEFORE I MAKE YOU.Wagging is what a true aussie does,unlike you Clancy"
"Wagging is what a dipshit bogan does because he hates school,and i'm a dipshit bogan that hates school"
Wagging by Wagging April 4, 2015

the tail wagging the dog 

This means that the least important part of a situation has too much influence over the most important part.
Bob:Honey, let's buy new purple carpet to match the purple lamp shade.
Wife:This sounds like the tail wagging the dog.
a derogatory term against ginger people.
The root words of this term are 'Walgreens' and 'ginger.'

Walgreens is a place where drug addicts sell their soul for drugs.
Gingers are people with red hair.
The term states that gingers are people with no souls, just like people at Walgreens who also have no slurs.
Nico: "My third grade teacher was ginger, she was always rude to me."
Sorrin: "Imagine having a walginger as your third grade teacher."
Walginger by rraincoat April 21, 2022

Tail Wagging 

1. When you create events to happen to suit your agenda.
2. Manipulating the universe around you in such a way that you get what you want and no one knows you set it up.
3. Planned luck.
4. creating a 0% risk event for yourself or others.
The politician was caught Tail Wagging.
Tail Wagging by Slyke The Phoxenix January 3, 2009
Wagging is slang for cutting school etc
oh no ***** and **** are wagging again
wagging by umyeah December 28, 2005
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fauxstalgia 

Faux nostalgia. Faking old things in an attempt to recapture the feeling of times gone past, especially of technology that has passed.
Hipstamatic pictures, just like the vinyl-static added to digital recordings, is prime fauxstalgia
fauxstalgia by scotte61 December 16, 2010
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pajama casual 

Pajama casual is a term used when working from home and preparing for a video conference. All business above the waist and your pajama pants down below.
We have a Zoom meeting in a few minutes and I’ll probably go pajama casual.
pajama casual by jrod-knows March 31, 2020
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funflation 

The recent boom in consumer spending on entertainment and experiences with a high demand running up the cost of enjoying of those experiences.
I’m trying to go to this Taylor Swift concert but the funflation has made it so impossible for me to afford tickets.
funflation by Dfree523 November 17, 2023
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A US deep south term for an alligator. Usually used in the Cajun dialect.
Take the big pirogue, I saw a huge swamp dog out there earlier.
swamp dog by Crystal Ambrose May 22, 2006
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Throat Sweats 

The feeling and build up in your mouth/throat of saliva that sometimes accompanies nausea.
Oh man those burritos gave me the throat sweats, I hope I don’t have food poisoning.
Throat Sweats by TacoFings420 April 23, 2024
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Being ignored by someone when making a statement or asking a question. Also known as blanked and turfed.
Person 1: Did u watch ** last nite?
Person 2:......
Person 3: O no u got aired!
aired by Pietro February 9, 2005
Word of the Day on October 10, 2026
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