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A reference to the original teller of a joke, story, etc.
Man 1: So I told the hearse into a bar joke yesterday
Man 2: Hey I told you that.
Man 1: Ya, I footnoted it.
footnote by beoheed October 6, 2007
Urban Dictionary Merch
A person who treated you some type of way, pulled all the strings the right and wrong way. So you gotta drop them first. Make them a thing that is additional or less important. P.S it's better than the other definitions
Girl is treating a guy
The guy says fuck it
Boom tells her she's a footnote.
Footnote by Pwolly420 September 26, 2019
A person, typically an ex or someone you have dated before, that keeps on sliding back into your life uninvited
He’s such a footnote
Footnote by Dr.Watts May 20, 2024
A different way of saying "f*ck no!" when someone asks you an outlandish question. Usually said by a homeless man.
"Hey wanna go to takeout?" "FOOTNOTE!"
Footnote by LeifVan October 8, 2025

footnote 220 

Refers to the footnote in the Starr report where it was reported that Monica Lewinsky gave President Bill Clinton a rim job. Also called a 220.
Man, it was so great, I laid back and she gave me a footnote 220.
footnote 220 by WT April 27, 2006

fortnote 

Tried to spell fortnite but was to fast and your are some retard
Retard 1:Hey do you you know master chief form fortnite?
Retard 2: ya why did they ever copy it. fortnight should sue them

Fortnote
fortnote by FlyingRocket763 December 28, 2020

Historical Footnotes 

The discription of a fictional novels presence to real life events.

In the story's of Harry Potter for example:

Harry's train ride is an example of children on orphan trains in the united States being transferd from urban to rural places.
Other Historical Footnotes include:
Dumbledore's demeanor and diplomatic wisdom resembles that of Sir. Winston Churchill.

The story's also parrallel Cold War Themes of evil, power, threats, devestation and division. Like countries, people are conquerd, controlled and devoured by evil powers as represented by Ginny, saying that the heir of Slytherin "took me over." Because he is a warewolf, Lupin was denied employment and blacklisted like the McCarthy-era communists, and he acted like a World War II conspirator by remaining passive and justifying his silence. sirius Black could be misunderdtood and falsley acussed like "The man in the Iron Mask," exiled like nepoleon, traped like the princess in the tower or like a prisioner of war for example. These are just a few ideas that taugh me alot in writing.
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You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

A moment in time where you feel distinctly Chinese over all other things.
Dante: "I wish I could be Nigerian, but I can't because I'm Chinese. You met me at a very Chinese time in my life."
Word of the Day on September 25, 2026
Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.

Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.
"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"
crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007
Word of the Day on September 24, 2026
A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.
Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.
Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026
Word of the Day on September 23, 2026
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