An hours-long plumbing of the depths of Wikipedia. One interesting article links to another and before you know it you've wasted the whole day. Often facilitated by mild stimulants, such as caffeine.
I just wanted to know the difference between bourbon and whiskey. The next thing I knew, my browser had dozens of tabs open on topics including Aegeus the goat-man, the 1932 Summer Olympics, and a list of the tallest structures in Norway. I was on a wikipediabender.
An increasingly popular nickname for the 45th POTUS and his posse of rule benders who, when touring public facilities, refuse to comply with the posted rules requiring facial masks.
Yeah, me and Mike get tested all the time and we don’t have this déclassé COVID thing...plus we’re really handsome guys; I hear they call me the Rule Bender in Chief!
Term used to describe a time span of over a couple days where you get extremely drunk or high and are too shitfaced to remember the events that occurred within that time period. You have to be wearing the same clothes you were before you started the bender or else it's not considered one.
EBK stands for "Elite Ball Knowledge." 1 In internet slang, "ball knowledge" originally referred to a deep understanding of football/soccer or basketball, but it has evolved into a broader term for having a highly sophisticated, deep, or niche understanding of any specific topic (such as music, movies, or subcultures).
Person A: "That scene was a direct homage to an unreleased 1982 Japanese indie film."
Person B: "Wow, EBK."
Texas is categorized as a swing state in presidential elections, but has voted for Republicans more times than for Democrats in recent history. As such, as demographics change political alignments, some Democrats believe that Texas will vote blue, or Democratic, due to their Hispanic and African American voters, who often align themselves with the Democratic Party's liberal wing.
Blexas has been cited as possible in the upcoming decades, but only if Democrats continue to win the Hispanic vote in bigger margins.
Democrat 1: What is your prediction for the 2024 presidential election?
Democrat 2: Well uh, Blexas!
Democrat 1: You've been saying that since 2008 though.
Brought to public attention by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the book on the fall of Richard Nixon, All The President’s Men, ratfucker was Nixon’s term for a political operative who sows chaos among opponents; an agent provocateur. It is thought to have originated among campus political rivalries at USC, and seems to have some usage in the US military.
Along with Nixon’s other ratfuckers, Roger Stone caused fights at otherwise peaceful Democratic Party protests to generate a false narrative that the Democrats were violent and dangerous.
Term used to describe someone who is a mix of both rural (country) and urban (metropolitan) lifestyles/upbringings. He/she is typically equally comfortable in both settings and is able to seamlessly slip back and forth between the two, appreciating the characteristics of each.
That ol' gal of mine drives the 12 lane freeway during the week and a John Deere on the weekends. She likes opra and the Grand Ol' Opry. I love them countrypolitan women.