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Dreadful Way 

A nickname for Federal Way Washington. A city located between Seattle and Tacoma. Narrowed down even more, between Fife and Seatac.
For a lot who live there, it is a very dreadful place and has become even more so lately. Can be used to describe your feelings towards the city.
1. I live in Dreadful Way.... - Oh, I am sorry to hear that -

2. Living here is such a Dreadful Way.
Dreadful Way by Conjunction Vitus February 21, 2010

Dreadful Venereal Disease 

Facetious extension of DVD (actually Digital Versatile Disk).
Nothing interesting on the telly tonight, Benny. Stick on a Dreadful Venereal Disease and let's watch it.

penny dreadful 

Penny dreadful is a pejorative term used to refer to cheap popular serial literature produced during the nineteenth century in the United Kingdom.
They eagerly anticipated the weekly publication of their favourite 'penny dreadful' story , Sweeney Todd
penny dreadful by Talaria '53 November 2, 2015

accidentally dreadful 

a situation that down right blows ass; but not intentionally
Heather: I swatted a spider and it landed on my baby's face.

Kayla: Oh, My God - that's accidentally dreadful!

Down Dreadful 

-So basically down dreadful mean when you can’t save someone he at a next level of (down bad) and more down than (down horrendous) but in case that’s same as down bad
sentence 1: This mofo is godamn dd (down dreadful) he litteraly makin an incest joke’s nobody was laughing and he (add sauce)/he was to step up the joke, he was down dreadful this day.

sentence 2: An example: from (neon genesis evangelion) when shinji enter in the -Room- he was dd as hell!
Down Dreadful by whoDFQami May 9, 2022

dreadflection 

deflecting some thing with ur dread locks
jade threw a bottle at vella . . vella just dreadflected it away.
it was a heaps good dreadflection
dreadflection by The Dreadfather December 4, 2007
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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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