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So What Kind of Music Are You Into? 

A question that generally gets asked to keep an awkward conversation going.
Me: Yeah, so that's how you outrun an explosion.

You: So what kind of music are you into?

What Kind 

Greeting, slang, used most commonly in South Africa (subsequently also the source of the term).

Also used as a question, in order to show emotion as well as to find out information about certain things.

Also spelt "whatkyn", "watkyn" or 'kyn".
Donavan: "What kind gents"
Crowd: "Howsit, what's up?"

Hermanus: "I wrapped that blunt in front of that pig ekse"
Flippie: " 'Ell what kind whitchu ekse? Are you stupid?"
What Kind by 4llwn November 9, 2010

What kind of sorcery is this? 

Used when you don't have a clue what you've just witnessed and when you appeal to a supernatural explanation, because you are too ignorant to be aware of the scientific explanation.

An example can be seen in the Sacha Baron Cohen's movie "The Dictator (2012)".
*after having a wank*
— What kind of sorcery is this?!

What kind of swag? 

This phrase is to ask what sort of clothing should be worn to a social event. e.g. formal, casual
"Hey let's go party tonight"

"Sure. What kind of swag?"

"Look hot. We're taking someone home tonight."
What kind of swag? by crustychris September 15, 2011

What kind 

a) What is it with you?
b) Where do you come up with that?
a)What kind with you?
b)What kind with that story?
What kind by anonymousSA September 3, 2005

What Kind Of Chinese Are You? 

The proper way to ask a person of any Asian decent where they're from.
"Hey, what kind of Chinese are you?"

"I'm Korean."
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sexspan by Dr Kat April 21, 2022
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womp by 175623226 November 3, 2011
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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

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
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