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1) To obtain a level of awkwardness which renders others speechless, confused, and hurt.

2) To be recognized as posessing complete and utter social ineptitude.

3) A word to describe a ten-second void of any speech or thought during a friendly group conversation due to an individual's awkward comment.
-Hey guys. Wanna hann gout?

-*Insert awkward comment in any given fun conversation* now wait 10 seconds. Follow up with a change in topic in hope of losing or disintersting submitter of awkward comment

-Person 1: "Shit man, my parents want to talk to me about sex and sleeping naked with girls." Person 2: Man that's fuckin' Yakward.
Yakward by Skelton April 2, 2004
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1) To ask painfully awkward questions meant to result in self advancement or satisfaction.

2) To engage in an act so horribly unintelligible that a rock would have used more commen sense, then, upon recognizing one's own decisions as mindless and absolutely retarded, attempting to play off the situation like one meant to act in that manner. (See example 2).
1) "Hey guys...is that Yummy House?...ahhh it's KFC?...AHHH...mind if I try a bite?...No?...AHHHHHHH...come on man, just a little taste!..."

2) *Scenerio: Three people in a room watching TV*

Yakward Individual (YI): "Oh no! I've spilled an entire Big-Gulp of Coke all over your rug"

Others: "It's cool man, just pick it up...no problem"

YI: *scratching head/belly* "Uhh, ohh...uhh what do I do...uhhh..."

Others: "Dude, there's some paper towels right there..."

YI: "AHHH hold on..........."
*10 minutes later, YI re-enters room*
*Spraying Windex onto the Coke-soaked floor over and over*

Others: "What the hell are you doing?..."

YI: "The bottle said "All Purpose Cleaner"
..."I'm going to be a doctor."
Yakward by SCGP September 3, 2008
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Both young and awkward. Seen in the wild on first dates with adult females. Easily overwhelmed.
Dude, her date was so yawkward.
yawkward by gluward January 21, 2009
The striver is an interesting phenomenon that is seen across college campuses. In essence, the striver is an over-achiever who comes from a working or middle class family. He may be an immigrant. He may have been a slacker in HS who was "born again" into an academic wunderkind. Or he may just be an over-achiever who is keeping at it.

The striver is willing to sacrifice his social life at the expense of Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. The striver is the guy who stays at the library long after you are gone. The striver is the guy who takes 30 credits/semester and considers anything below an A/4.0 failure. The striver doesn't work on campus, he is too busy finding ways to pad his resume instead of working retail or workstudy. The striver lets his grades pay his education by applying to ten scholarships a year.

The striver is a future Soros/Fullbright/Rhodes/Gates/Marshall/etc. fellow. The striver lives to study. For the striver, their fun comes from the rewards they expect to receive in return for their diligence. Be it Law School, B-School, academia, or politics. The striver seeks to find the American Dream through academic success.
Anthony was a striver. He transfered from a TTT to an IVY and graduated in 2 years. He studied his ass off and went to Penn Law. He got a Biglaw offer. But lost it all because of an unmoderated mesasgeboard.

Successful strivers:
- Barack Obama
- Harold Koh
Striver by URM Striver January 3, 2009
Word of the Day on August 15, 2026

SkyPesos 

Delta SkyMiles, also known as SkyPesos, is the frequent flyer program of Delta Airlines. It has a very poor value and hard to use.
- I'm trying to book an award flight to Paris, but I only have 70,000 SkyPesos
- Just forget about it, you don't have enough SkyPesos to fly anywhere.
SkyPesos by 404_name_not_found December 6, 2018
Word of the Day on August 14, 2026

Quiche Peanemis

Quirky niche peak cinema analysis
It describes the analysis of a media piece which is quirky and niche, yet peak.
Give me the quiche peanemis on the movie I missed.
Quiche Peanemis by Mushroom2241 June 17, 2026
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Hate Draft

1. Select a player (real or fantasy) during a sports draft to spite or anger one or more of your opponents because they had intended to select him/her.

2. Select a player (real or fantasy) during a sport draft to put one or more of your opponents at a strategic disadvantage.
1. Billy hate drafted Chad OchoCinco because he knew Sam had wanted him since he is from Cincinnati. Billy already had plenty of players to fill that position but wanted to make sure Sam didn't get him.

2. Billy hate drafted Peyton Manning because he was the only good quarterback left and he knew Sam had been planning on drafting him.
Hate Draft by pffler September 1, 2009
Word of the Day on August 12, 2026