v. To cause your cell phone to inexplicably and repeatedly malfunction.

This phenomenon affects only the smartphones of Jeff Bakalar, one of the hosts of The 404, CNET Networks. Jeff has an uncanny and unwelcome ability to render a high-tech, fully-functioning smartphone into the a call to customer service and the butt of every malfunctioning cell phone joke on the popular podcast, The 404.

The world wide tech community has been baffled with his technological mishaps, leaving us with only one explanation for Jeff Bakalar's phone issues: Bakalar possesses super mutant powers known only as Bakalariosis

Jeff's Palm Pre has been bakalared nine times in twelve months, having been the replacement to his often bakalared Windows Mobile phone. His new phone, an Evo 4G, was bakalared in a record-setting two weeks.

bakalar by soccerush10 June 15, 2010

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baakmalar • Bakalar • bakalar'd • ayekanou baakalay • Beak alarm

Bakalar

To have horrible luck with technology, especially when concerning cell phones or xbox 360's. Comes form the host of Cnet's 404, who had nine phones in nine months because of malfunctions and broke 5 360's over the course of his life.

To break cell phones.

Should be followed by the proverbially N00B.

Guy 1:Aw man my phone is broken
Guy 2: Looks like you just pulled a Bakalar!!!! N00B

Bakalar by Kobe das Efx 311 June 14, 2010

ayekanou baakalay

Means “I love you so much!” in Mandinka, which is a language from the largest tribe in The Gambia, Africa.

Ayekanou baakalay, momo!

ayekanou baakalay by mint.violets October 14, 2020

bakalar'd

Breaking a smart-phone without even trying.

1: Damn
2: What's wrong?
1: The speaker isn't working.
2: *laughs*, What!? How?
1: Let's see, I turn it on, and nothing! NO SOUND!
2: Seriously! Wow, how many is that now?
1: 9 dude.
2: Tell me again, what happened with the other 8.
1: Does it matter?
2: Dude, you just bakalar'd your phone!.

bakalar'd by bukenshoot June 15, 2010

bakalar'd

The coined term for when an electronic device is destroyed or badly damaged due to mishandling or mysterious negligence.

O man, I just bakalar'd my new HTC Evo.

bakalar'd by 404one June 13, 2010

Bakalar

The sudden or gradual malfunction of any electronic device of any shape, size or form due to the touch of a mystical hand

Me: Dude, he totaly Bakalared my iPhone.
Dude: What? how?
Me: donno, it just broke, guess I got the Bakalar hands
Dude: Damn, sucks man

Bakalar by EpicXX June 15, 2010

God Shot

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".

Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."

God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011

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city chicken

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.

Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?

city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006

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Is that cake?

Another way to say is this fake? Like the show real or cake

“Slayyyter just announced another album last night”
“No way, is that cake?”
“Yeah whoops this isn’t real”

Is that cake? by Sexyyred September 15, 2026

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just fokin missing her

native american reservation origin... to miss an ex so badly that everyone can see it.. can be used for either sex eg. just fokin missing her/him

friend : *noticably sad*
me : look at you all sad & shit
friend : shut up!
me : just fokin missing her huh?

just fokin missing her by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026

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endwarfins

The rush of neurotransmitters and neuropeptides triggered specifically by watching the Seven Dwarfs march home singing "Heigh-Ho" — that particular high of pickaxes, whistling while you work, and communal domestic bliss in a cottage built for men half your height.

I only meant to watch the Heigh-Ho scene for the endwarfins, and then it was two hours later and I'd watched the whole movie.

Endwarfins aren't just a Snow White thing — I get the same hit off the Lollipop Guild in Oz.

endwarfins by Howard Ogden September 13, 2026

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caillou

A slang term used to describe a bald person, typically someone who is completely bald or has a closely shaved head. The term is derived from the infamous, hairless kids’ cartoon character of the same name.

Example 1:
“Did you see that caillou over there? His head is reflecting the sun like a disco ball.”
Example 2:
“I think Dave is finally accepting his hair loss. He just went full caillou and shaved the whole thing off.”

caillou by WMH01 September 12, 2026

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