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naughts and crosses

A repetitive, addictive, yet oddly pleasurable game for two.
A grid of nine boxes is drawn. The players pick their symbol (a naught or a cross), then take turns to fill a box with their individual symbol. The winner is the first to complete a line of three symbols - diagonally, horizontally, or vertically. The loser will then immediatly demand a rematch.
This game is often played on the back rows of classrooms and lecture threatres in schools and Universities across the world.
"Please play naughts and crosses with me before I bite my own tongue off in boredom."
naughts and crosses by CasioClay December 18, 2007

Knots and Crosses 

While playing pictionary one night, this is how my british friend Asela refers to the game tic-tac-toe as it is drawn for him. Being the naive Americans we are, we laugh at him and give him hell.
"Knots and Crosses! Knots and Crosses!; you are drawing Knots and Crosses!"

throwing crosses 

Setting somebody up for something a group of friends might be doing illegally, of course. Double crossing or triple crossing. A real snake move. Will likely get you killed in most cases.
Hey D, where Mike at? Man Mike gone he got caught throwing crosses by being with them other dudes on the South side.
throwing crosses by DC81 April 17, 2024

no crosses

person 1: “nah boy did yu fr do dat?”
person 2: “nah brah no crosses i did nufen”
no crosses by eetspotato July 10, 2024

Naughty and Crosses 

The naughts and crosses equivalent of strip poker, naughty and crosses is a situation where you play naughts and crosses and the loser of each round takes off a piece of clothing.
“We should spice things up tonight...”
“You're so right! Let's play naughty and crosses!”
Naughty and Crosses by C L G February 5, 2021

how many crosses has stink burned 

100 every week. Sometimes there’s evil people on the crosses and they get tnt tied to their penises so they can be stripped of their identity. The mighty stink will burn anything holy cross related and blow peoples penises for fun
how many crosses has stink burned Damn that cross is holy shit well I’m finna burn that
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Soul digger

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pod person 

A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.
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A dead drop is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet.

Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. Drug dealers use this as well.

A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.

A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
"The dead drop is the restroom toilet at the Gulf station at the corner of Commercial Ave. and Georges Rd."
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No Surprises Wedding

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This designation comes from Reddit, where so many stories of bad wedding behavior indicated a need to communicate expectations for the wedding behavior of attendees.
You are cordially invited to the nuptials of Brian and Tom on October 31 at noon.

Please note that this wedding is child-free (under 10) and a No Surprises Wedding (NSW). Reach out to wedding planner Sami Smith to request approvals or exceptions; please note that exceptions will be rare. Limited child care for under-10s will be available. All approvals will be noted and included in planning. Unapproved, or surprise exceptions, will result in guests being asked to leave.
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