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The Great Disruption 

1. A frightening new historical era that began in 2008 with the crash of world economies and the simultaneous collapse of trust in governing institutions. 2. A wrenching shift in human society resulting from 50 years of unsustainable development, over-population, environmental degredation, economic injustice and rapid resource depletion. 3. The growing realization that sophisticated "financial engineering" cannot solve the growing list of real-world problems.
The Great Disruption could be the biggest challenge in human history since the collapse of the Roman Empire in 466 A.D.

Mating Disruption 

When someone "cock blocks" or in some way hinders the mating between two or more engaged parties.
"Dude my girlfriend and I were fucking and in walks my brother letting me know my 18 year old female neighbor was downstairs... with the results from her pregnancy test. Talk about a mating disruption..."
Mating Disruption by Batmanact January 5, 2009

disruption 

(Noun)
Buzzword used by Silicon Valley gurus, often in conjunction with innovation, as in 'disruptive innovation'. It's supposed to sound cool and radical - like revolution - but it's also terribly empty, so technies and entrepreneurs using the term constantly have to explain why the digital world is so disruptive, compared to like the Industrial Revolution. Which is where it all falls flat.
"We are creating a 3D World, where Data and Digital combine to Disrupt current business models. Only when that happens, you actually see Disruption at work."
disruption by Monticello-W February 17, 2017

Disgustion Board 

An internet discussion board that is not functional for the community of users. It wreaks havoc on organization... and important, viable discussions are swirled into a massive amount of uninformed user statements. Attempt to replace a user forum with these flashy boards is disgusting.
IMVU utilizing salesforce software to replace their user forum has done nothing more than create a Disgustion Board. It is disgusting to try to navigate through all of the crap.

Eruption Disruption 

Eruption Disruption

Eruption Disruption occurs when Volcanic ash interferes with air travel.

Air travel is either canceled or halted in fear of planes crashing because of Volcanic ash.
My fucking flight was just canceled because of of Eruption Disruption!

How the hell am I going to get home Now!
Eruption Disruption by Len Dog April 16, 2010

dispunctional 

Dispunctional describes someone one who is congenitally incapable of being on time or punctual. Used to describe, for example, someone who always arrives after a meeting has started. Also connection to disfunctional to describe the functional inability to be on time. First used around 1984
Fred must be dispunctional, he hasn't been on time for any meetings this year.
dispunctional by Martin Anderson January 25, 2006
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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

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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