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Lifting the back deck 

to confidently attempt to perform an impossible task, having misunderstood the difficulty of the task or overestimated one’s ability to complete it. Often with loved one(s) looking on and questioning one’s sanity in the vain attempt.
He thought he could make the company more customer centric, but he was lifting the back deck.

Blacklisting 

To trick someone into clicking a link that takes them to the music video for Rebecca Black's "Friday."
"Click here to see the uncensored version."
"Ooh, I like the sound of that..."
("Friday" begins to play)
"SON OF A BITCH!"

Blacklisting at it's finest.
Blacklisting by The Vine April 12, 2011

blacklisting 

One who accuses another person of being a communist. The words origin is from the early 1950s during the red scare. Many celebrities were blacklisted
Leonard Bernstein the verdict has just come in. The jury has come to the conclusion that you are a communist. Good day to you sir and may God have mercy on your soul.

This was an act of blacklisting
blacklisting by Leopold Sampsonite February 7, 2006
Cigarette: Northern slang for a cigarette, used oft by mashed up mancunian ravers becasue of the resemblance of a hot(electric)stove to the end of a lit cigarette. Originated circa 1991 in the early halcyon days of the rave culture; we speculate during a drug fuelled hallucination by said manc.
'fuck me noel, i am bolloxed, is that a ciggy in your mouth, or the stove from me 'nans kitchen'/
General use: 'Give us a stove you cunt'
stove by anthony willison March 18, 2004
Word of the Day on August 4, 2026

Walky-Talky 

A derogatory term for able bodied people or people that can walk. This definition was coined by disabled influencer Valerie Weber
Person in wheelchair: “look at that walky-talky over there.”

Friend in wheelchair: *looking at person who is walking* “yeah haha
Walky-Talky by odd muffin October 5, 2021
Word of the Day on August 3, 2026

Scrapnel 

(N) :
All pieces left over after an art project or home improvement.
"After we made the decorations for the party, there was 'scrapnel' all over the floor"
Scrapnel by IceSniper February 22, 2025
Word of the Day on August 2, 2026