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Shy/Asshole Confusion 

Coined by Larry David in the "The Acupuncturist" episode of HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm", Shy/Asshole Confusion is when one mistakes a shy person's quiet demeanor for that of an asshole.
Larry: I don't know why you call him an asshole. He's not an asshole, he's just shy.

Cheryl: No, he's not shy. He thinks he's smarter than everbody else and he sits there and he judges and he-

Larry: No, he doesn't, he's just shy! You've got shy/asshole confusion, my friend.
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Confused him 

Hanson wrote refuse into confused in his homework, but he was confused when he typed refuse, and he typed confused instead. Now we're more confused than him.
My friend wanted a piece of paper to draw on, in exchange he would give me 3 dollars but l confused him.

Student A: Should be refuse

All students: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Confused him by JohnMakFan January 10, 2021

confused boner 

A term for when one is aroused by something they know they should not be aroused by.
"When I looked at that picture of Kermit and miss Piggy making out I got a confused boner"

confused screaming 

When you don't know what the hell is happening and you confused AF
Friend: I don't like women because women like dick and that's gay.

Me: *confused screaming*

confusament

An imaginary legal term referenced by public defenders; Intended to be a mixture of confusion and argument.
I saw two people engaged in confusament at the Big "B".

Sandy and Jimbo always have some sort of confusament when they arrive at a scene.

confuselled 

means 1 word and only 1 word: confused.
A: im confuselled :-S
confuselled by drako December 22, 2004
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"Yeah, she's kind of annoying. All she ever talks about it ballet."

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"You're such a Bunhead."

"Yeah... I know."
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trucker's tan 

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I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
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