Gaff Off

To blatantly ignore orders from a superior. Most often used by U.S. Marines (typically NCO's and SNCO's) to describe what younger Marines are doing when should be working. First used by a crusty old devil dog in the early 1900's by the name of Clifton Bledsoe Gates. Gates would later become the 19th Commandant of the Marine Corps.

Listen you shitbirds, get off your asses and quit gaffing me off!!!

But Staff Sergeant, I would never gaff off your orders?!?!

Gaff Off by Gunner Brad May 12, 2010

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gaff off

to procrastinate or otherwise avoid doing work; to be lazy

When are you going to quit gaffing off and file those casreps?

gaff off by Craig 'Pags' Paganucci January 19, 2004

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gaff off

To ignore a person / task.
Where it comes from: A gaff is a long pole with a hook on the end used to land fish or to keep them away (like a shark, for example).

"I'm going to gaff off visiting my grandmother this weekend."
"I was supposed to meet Britney at the movies tonight, but I gaffed her off."

gaff off by PaddyNT April 19, 2006

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Splunted off the Gaff

Extremely stoned; high on Grand Daddy Purp; greened-out

I smoked a whole blunt to myself and now I’m absolutely splunted off the gaff.

Splunted off the Gaff by owowman November 10, 2025

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Stealthie

when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.

This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.

FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"

FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"

Stealthie by gwenhyfar October 2, 2016

Word of the Day on May 25, 2026

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Summer Teeth

When someone has a lot of missing teeth.

Mannn, that dude has summer teeth!
What do you mean?
Summer here, summer there...

Summer Teeth by BeckPot August 2, 2012

Word of the Day on May 24, 2026

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Grindset

The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.

“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”

Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026

Word of the Day on May 23, 2026

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