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A week long "academy" for history buffs (AKA NERDS) in Washington, DC where high school geeks hook up while freaking on the dance floor only to end up shaking hands and walking away.
Dude, there were absolutely no hot guys at Close-Up!
Close-Up by mayukiasaki March 26, 2009
Tipo…um zoom, tipo…a cara tipo de alguma…de…de uma personagem ou tipo…de alguma coisa, né?
Por acaso está ahah os close-ups ou la como essa merda se chama ahah
Close-up by Realwildcat May 28, 2023

Close-up magic 

An illusion performed by a single magician right in front of the audiences nose. Usually performed for one to twenty people in casual situation. This kind of magic, unlike stage magic, requires much more skill by the magician instead of by an assistant like in stage magic.

Downsides of close-up magic is that people tend to try to ruin your trick on the spot because they don't give a shit on how amazing it is a lot of the time and most likely want to spoil it because they like to remind themselves that they are gay fags.

Girls tend to either overexcite themselves over this kind of magic or show absolutely no interest at all.
Girl 1: OMG did you see that close-up magic trick that guy did with the cards. My card just changed?!

Girl 2: Oh. It did do that.
Close-up magic by racketracer August 21, 2009

Close Up fingerboard fingerskate 

Close Up "finest fingerskateboards" is the best quality fingerboard. This fingerskate is made with 36 pieces to assemble, into one cool pack. The deck is made with 5 plys maple wood, real griptape, real metal trucks, bolts, urethane wheels, metal core, 10 stickers Close Up, and a clear notice for the construction. It's the exat replic of a skateboard, but at the size of the fingers, so you can play with your fingers as you would with your feet on a skate. It's fun like a real sport, you have to practice and can learn thousands of realistic tricks
Close Up fingerboard fingerskate.

Close-up face-off 

An instance in movies or TV shows when two people face off for an argument and the shot zooms in on one's face and then the other's. It continually switches back and forth. A shorter series of shots can be used for drama. While a strangely long series of shots is usually used for comedy. Sometimes the shots slowly become closer to the target's eyes as they switch between the two subjects.
Person 1: Where are you going?
Person 2: Home.
Person 1: You're not going anywhere!
*Close-up face-off*

Spongebob Close-up 

A technique used in various cartoons in which the camera zooms into a character's face revealing disgusting or grotesque features (ex. bloodshot eyes, nosehairs, pimples, etc.) that usually are not noticed when the camera is at a certain distance from the character. Commonly used in the show "Spongebob Squarepants".
Spongebob: Hey Squidward, has my Acne Cream worked yet?

Viewer 1: Get ready for a Spongebob Close-up, dude!

(T.V. zooms into a still frame revealing Spongbob's ghastly outbreak)

Viewer 2: Ughghgh!
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When your wife’s boyfriend let you sleep past 8pm 😎😎
Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!
Poggers by Just_Charles April 14, 2020
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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
Word of the Day on October 25, 2026

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!
Word of the Day on October 24, 2026

Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
Northstarring by Light Bearer October 22, 2026
Word of the Day on October 23, 2026
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