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gettysburging 

A tactic used by old white lady teachers to hold kids accountable for when they misbehave. Generally frowned upon by millennials and their parents. These tactics include:

A different seating arrangement;

Writing sentences;
Calling home;
Time out;
Redirecting bad behavior;
Loss of privileges;
or any other consequence used
My child is an angel. He would never do that!!! Why are you Gettysburging him!!!
gettysburging by Word Maestro February 18, 2018
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gettysmurging 

The act of going in to a bar and drinking tap water in a shot Glass
Peter and the 8yr old gang stared gettysmurging in the Dennie's
gettysmurging by Hockeyfat December 26, 2015

breatharian 

One whos diet consists of air, light, and prana, with a possible sip of water now and then.
The breatharian has air, light, and prana for food.
breatharian by leena gabor November 8, 2005
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A Booger In The Nose Of Progress 

Anything that impedes or otherwise interferes with a process going forward.
"Militarily, that inquest was a booger in the nose of progress."

or

"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."
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🤡🫵🏻

How to say "you're an idiot/clown" using only emojis.
Person 1: Insert completely incorrect and/or idiotic statement here
Person 2: 🤡🫵🏻
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Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
Word of the Day on May 31, 2026