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Animal Crossing 

A Nintendo-published video game so addicting that it is essentially digital heroin.
Person 1: Hey man, what's so great about Animal Crossing?
Person 2: You go fishing and dig up stuff and buy furniture and have animal neighbors and a loan-shark raccoon.
Person 1: That sounds terribly boring.
*after 5 minutes of playing*
Person 1: WHY HAVE I NEVER PLAYED THIS BEFORE
Animal Crossing by StBz January 10, 2013

Okay, that’s all the time I’ve got. I got to get back to playing Animal Crossing New Leaf on my Nintendo 3DS. 

The nicest way to respond to a sext
Girl: Wanna have some FUN?? 😫💦🍆😣
Person: Okay, that’s all the time I’ve got. I got to get back to playing Animal Crossing New Leaf on my Nintendo 3DS.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons 

The way switch owners take their mind off this damn virus
I finally have the cure to depression, Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Animal Crossing 

Released in 2002 by Nintendo, Animal Crossing, a game for the Nintendo GameCube was dubbed a "communication game" due to many aspects of communication being featured in the game. Players live in a virtual town and live life as they see it, interacting with villagers, fishing, shopping, catching bugs, and whatever else they wish to do.

crossing the salt bridge 

a bridge you cross to take you to the salty side.
susan crossed the salt bridge when she wasn’t elected for student body president.

sean cried while crossing the salt bridge after vanessa rejected his promposal.

animal crossing new leaf 

The fourth entry in the animal crossing series, its home being the 3DS. One of the best games to get into animal crossing, with practically limitless possibilities and 333 default villagers (50 added in the welcome amiibo update-they are amiibo cards) giving the option to have a very different town to anyone else.

Each town is unique from the layouts being randomly generated, with landscaping, public works projects, and much else to be explored in the game with friends locally or online, you can lose many many hours in this great game.
player: I've been playing animal crossing new leaf for a year and have logged in over 200 hours!!! I love this game!
nonplayer: hmm...maybe there is something to this game...
animal crossing new leaf by Brandav January 30, 2017
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proper lad 

a lad that is such a lad that he is a proper lad
person1:did you see bob
person2: ya he was a proper lad
Word of the Day on October 29, 2026
The number of years you are still sexually active
While our lifespan is the number of years we will live, our healthspan is the number of healthy years we will have and our sexspan is is the number of years we will continue to be healthy enough to continue having an active sex life.
sexspan by Dr Kat April 21, 2022
Word of the Day on October 28, 2026
A lighthearted reaction upon receiving disappointing news of some sort. Usually something that isn't a particularly a big deal, esp. when it primarily affects someone else - sort of a mild schadenfreude. Sometimes doubled or tripled, and possibly said in a sing-songy voice for added comedic effect to imitate a muted trumpet, which is how the meme originated.
You didn't get any napkins with your takeout pork fried rice? Womp womp.
womp by 175623226 November 3, 2011
Word of the Day on October 27, 2026
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
Word of the Day on October 26, 2026

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
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