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Ballistic Prose

Words and phrases specifically manufactured/defined in order to mislead careless, irresponsible and deceptive journalists/writers.

{An innovative, percussive and aggressive method/style of writing wherein the author intentionally creates a word/phrase and a definition for the word/phrase as a weaponized literary instrument, objectively targeting and penetrating conventional thinking, culturally imposed dogmatic norms and multi-layered veils of psychosocially nurtured concepts. Ballistic Prose is a baiting tactic aimed in the direction of reckless, quasi-intellectual journalism with the supreme achievement occuring when journalists utilize such manufactured, Ballistic Prose words/phrases as credible terms, descriptors and characterizations as part of a legitimate literary composition, thus signifying the infiltration of artificially modernized etymology and its manifestation as an extension of an elaborate ruse}.
1. 'Seismic Aqueous Waveform S.A.W.' is an example of a ballistic prose characterization for a ridiculously large wave. There is no such thing as a S.A.W.

2. "Dude, NBC just referred to the most recent ocean wave surge as a 'Seismic Aqueous Waveform'. Do they have any clue that there is no such thing as a Seismic Aqueous Waveform? Lol!"

3. {Hambone reads and replies to one of D Dog's recent definitions on UD} "D Dog, your definitions are such a lively form of 'Ballistic Prose!" {D Dog replies} "Hambone, you just invented the term to describe this style off writing = Ballistic Prose."

kickin' ballistics 

To reason with someone, to tell them how things really are, to philosophize about a topic.
Me and my man Gary sat up all night listening to his older brother Charles kickin' ballistics about prison industry-complex.
kickin' ballistics by merrakesh August 29, 2010

going ballistic 

Becoming fully, truly, unstoppably, gravitationally angry. Usually of a person or semi-sentient animal that can experience anger.
References ballistic missiles, whose flight paths are nearly un-alterable after a certain point.
"When dad finds out I didn't submit my college applications, he'll be going ballistic!"
going ballistic by 4onen March 2, 2016

Ballistic chillz 

a person that simps for people who are 21 and older. this type of person often ditches his old friends for that person
dumping your friends for an adult women- ballistic chillz
Ballistic chillz by XKraxkenX November 13, 2021

Kentucky ballistic 

When your gun explodes and you put your thumb into the wound to stop the bleeding

intercontinental ballistic missile gambit 

The intercontinental ballistic missile gambit is a Chess gambit made by the Bosnian Ape Society. It is a variation of the tennison gambit. The intercontinental ballistic missile gambit is very effective, having a 99.9% win rate. The intercontinental ballistic missile gambit starts with a standard opening, Kings pawn to E4. Afterwards, any move black makes is considered a mistake. After black makes the blunder move, u put your knight to F3. If black played the Scandinavian defense and is now threatening your knight, move the knight to F5 to threaten the Pawn. White expects for black to play Knight to F6. After that, we will offer a pawn by playing D3. Your pawn is expected to be captured because your low on material. After he captures, you capture his pawn back with the dark squared Bishop. After that, any move that black makes will not be too severe to you. So, after black plays his move you will be playing knight F7. This will force black into capturing the knight with a king. After that, play bishop g6 to check black. Now, if u haven’t notice the king is forced to capture the bishop. After that, u will notice that the enemy queen is unprotected which is now the time u strike. You will proceed to launch a RT-2PM2 Topol-M cold-launched three-stage solid-propellant silo-based intercontinental ballistic missile to attack black’s remaining pieces.
I like the intercontinental ballistic missile gambit.
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proper lad 

a lad that is such a lad that he is a proper lad
person1:did you see bob
person2: ya he was a proper lad
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You didn't get any napkins with your takeout pork fried rice? Womp womp.
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Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!
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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
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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!
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