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Batarang 

A Batarang is a roughly bat-shaped throwing weapon used by the DC Comics superhero Batman. The name is a portmanteau of bat and boomerang, and was originally spelled baterang. Although they are named after boomerangs, batarangs have become more like shuriken in recent interpretations. Batman has unerring accuracy with a batarang -- he never misses. They have since become a staple of Batman's arsenal, appearing in every major Batman television and movie adaptation to date. Recent interpretations of the Dark Knight finds additional motivation to use the batarang as a ranged attack alternative to firearms, which he rejects outright due to the circumstances of his parents' murder.
Batgirl also uses batarangs. Nightwing, a former Robin, is known to use his own modified batarangs1 called Wing-Dings, which are styled after a bird. Tim Drake, the third Robin, also possesses his own 'R'-shaped shuriken. In an issue of Teen Titans (Vol. 3), Drake claims that he hid the costs for shipping a Batmobile from Gotham City to San Francisco in "the batarang budget", which he tells the others is "bigger than you might think". The current version of Batwoman, who was introduced in the 52 continuity, uses a miniature batarang. Catman also uses weapons inspired by Batman's and calls them "catarangs". Like Robin, Anarky, an occasional antagonist of Batman, also makes use of shuriken formed after his own gimmick, the "circle-a".

A Throwing Bird2 is a roughly bird-shaped throwing weapon used by the DC Comics superhero Robin as a non-lethal ranged attack alternative to firearms. They are similar to batarangs3. They first gained prominence in the 1997 live-action film Batman & Robin. The Throwing Birds in that particular film have silver edges with a red design. As with Batman, Robin can launch his weapon with a launcher located on his lower arm.
Batarangs first appeared in Detective Comics #31 (Sept. 1939). The earliest depictions were of scalloped, metal boomerangs which were used to attack opponents before quickly flying back to the thrower. However, variations of batarangs include those which are able to be folded to fit into Batman's utility belt, those which can be explosively charged and those which are electrified. A grappling hook made out of a batarang and a rope was common until Batman used a grapple gun in the 1989 Batman film; that tool became the standard in the subsequent animated series and comics.
Batarang by Nimperia April 9, 2008
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Balarama 

bold nonse who likes maths
Balarama u naughty boy
Balarama by anonymous September 15, 2020
80's band, 3 chicks, popular for doing the song on the "Venus" leg razor adverts.

Can also be used as a term in the sense of something being unfortunate, but funny at the same time
Dude, that guy just fell over. What a banarama
banarama by edude77 November 11, 2004

Baparama 

A group of attractive woman with large breasts seen together wearing revealing clothing.
"Were there any fit woman at the club last night mate?"
"Aw dude, it was a fu*king Baparama!"
Baparama by Rigglybob November 10, 2008

Chinese batarang 

a batarang made in china it is ussualy used as a last resort seeing how it sucks dog dick
chinese batman used chinese batarang on catholic priest....its uneffective... cathloic priest used molest on robin.. he now has aids
Chinese batarang by troubledmidget12 February 23, 2013

batarang 

Brass knuckles, roll of nickles, bic lighter or any thing else you hold while beating the shit out of someone using your fist.
i knocked that bitch assed nigga out with my batarang.
batarang by Twiztid November 18, 2004
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A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
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Blue Movie 

A pornographic film.

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I found your stash of blue movies under your bed.
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fache-couture 

French slang, which translated, means "bull's fashion" but basically equates to "hyper trendy" or overly trendy. Used when a person wishes to express distaste at the latest fashion trend/fad, because it seems that everyone has a certain item of clothing or is wearing it. This term is most frequently heard in Paris but is slowly spreading to other parts of France.
1. That Burberry scarf is so fache-couture.
2. That purple American Apparel hoodie is so fache-couture.
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