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white men can't jump

a phrase often used in basketball, often when playing 2s and 1s with boys named rory
'oi rory, don't bother trying, white men can't jump!

White Men Can't Jump Theory 

White Men Can't Jump Theory is a tale as old as gravity, due to the evolutionary trait of white people having less joints in their legs, they cannot jump the same height as minorites. Whenever they try and play hoops, it's classified as a hate crime and a medical emergency due to the sure fact their legs will give out after the last slam dunk.
"Hey look, Tyler's gonna dunk that basket!"

"Oh shit, forgot about White Men Can't Jump Theory."
White Men Can't Jump Theory by hygas September 28, 2022

white men cant jump theory 

The bullshit theory that white people cant play sports, fight, rap, and overall suck. Mostly used by "gangstas" in the "hood". Coined by eminem in his book The Way I Am.
White boy: Yo lemme play ball wit' you guys

Black Boy: Hell no nigga, Crackas' cant play ball

White boy: Fuck you, that's White Men cant jump theory.

A Booger In The Nose Of Progress 

Anything that impedes or otherwise interferes with a process going forward.
"Militarily, that inquest was a booger in the nose of progress."

or

"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."
Word of the Day on June 2, 2026

🤡🫵🏻

How to say "you're an idiot/clown" using only emojis.
Person 1: Insert completely incorrect and/or idiotic statement here
Person 2: 🤡🫵🏻
Word of the Day on June 1, 2026
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
Word of the Day on May 31, 2026