John Dewey High School is different from your average American high school... Dewey is the microcosm of America's diversity.

Located in Brooklyn's Gravesend, founded in 1969, named after John Dewey, it was known as a "hippie" high school in the 70's with the stoners wearing rainbow colors, playing their guitars nonchalantly while listening to psychedelic music. There were also the metalheads who listened to Anthrax.

It was named a New American High School in 2000, and was also ranked as one of America's Best High Schools in 2007. John Dewey High is known to have cycles instead of semesters, and bands instead of periods.

Dewey has some of the best teachers in NYC. We also have letter grades like: ME (the highest), M (it's okay), MC (dude, you're borderline failing), and R (retention or r for r u kiddin me how do you fail a class at Dewey you dumbass).

Nowadays, there are rarely any hippies, a fair share of emo and goth kids are interspersed. Occasionally, you'll see a kid rocking a BB, Slipknot, or RHCP shirt. There are some freaks, nerds, athletes, future doctors, musicians, aspiring actors, and so much more.

Dewey is diverse. It ranges from the vast population of Asians (mainly Chinese), followed by blacks, the Hispanics, the Middle Easterners, and the sizable amount of white people, mainly from Eastern Europe (Poland, Ukraine, Russia, etc.) There's a couple of Irish and Italian kids. Oh yeah, don't forget the Jews.

Famous alumni includes Michael J. Fox and Spike Lee.

Nick: So what high school did you get into?
Mark: JOHN DEWEY HIGH SCHOOL BABY!!
Nick: WHAT?! Isn't that the school that has a campus and the school where you can select your own classes?
Mark: Mhmm...
Nick: You're so lucky man! I got into Murrow. :/
Mark: Don't worry bro, it's basically the copy of Dewey. You're almost there. Almost.

John Dewey High School by TheOneInObscurity October 5, 2012

Whale

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020

Word of the Day on September 21, 2026

Concrete cowboy

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.

Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.

Concrete cowboy by EugeneJohnson42000 March 16, 2024

Word of the Day on September 20, 2026

hobo loko

any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear

hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh

hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026

Word of the Day on September 19, 2026

God Shot

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".

Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."

God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011

Word of the Day on September 18, 2026

city chicken

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.

Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?

city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006

Word of the Day on September 17, 2026

Is that cake?

Another way to say is this fake? Like the show real or cake

“Slayyyter just announced another album last night”
“No way, is that cake?”
“Yeah whoops this isn’t real”

Is that cake? by Sexyyred September 15, 2026

Word of the Day on September 16, 2026