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A Hebrew/Yiddish word, often used (and spelled various ways) in English; particularly used in southern California. There is no exact English equivalent word; `operator' is maybe the closest. A gonif operates on the shadowy borders of illegality and/or impropriety, and gets away with it, and is not quite an outright crook. The word seems to combine proper moral disapproval with sneaking admiration. Reference: 'The Joys of Yiddish,' by Leo Rosten.
Seymour was an accomplished and clever gonif. He could con birds out of trees, and could figure out how to game any bureaucratic system within a few minutes.
gonif by Chuck Hastings June 29, 2003
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gonif • goniff • America gonif • goif • Goni • gonism • Goonified • gonf • gonic • Genifer

America gonif 

"Damned clever, these Yankee goyim."
Al Sharpton's hair is REAL. America gonif!
America gonif by cornholio October 14, 2003

gongfermor 

Basically a guy in medieval England who cleaned excrement from cesspits.
"Why the fuck am I doing this?" Willelmus Inglewood, a 14th century gongfermor
gongfermor by chris_mk December 26, 2011
Verb - To replace ones core values with those consisting of penis jokes, sexual harassment, and being generally obscene.
She was so innocent, so we had to goonify her before the gangbang, for sure.
goonify by buttpuncher December 11, 2014
ε…±εŒͺ, literally "communist bandit" in Chinese. A pejorative yet accurate term for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) which discarded Sun Yat-sen's ideals of a strong yet benevolent, democratic, free China. Also applies to CCP apologists
Chris: Tiananmen 1989 was a secret CIA operation and the protestors DESERVED that! Look at how lovely these Uyghur re-education camps are, now the women are no longer baby-making machines! Fuck the West even tho I live in Amerikkka with no plans to ever live on mainland China! Long live Karl Marx, hero of Chinese people!

Henry: Okay gongfei. As a Chinese I can only proudly support the one and only real China that is Republic of China! Long live Sun Yat-sen's 3 Principles of the People for a China that is "of the people, by the people, for the people" where "people are the emperor"! Expel Marx-Lenin, revive China! πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡Ό
gongfei by NowhereEverywhere March 22, 2021
Gonism is a religion following the great lord Gon Freecs.
Followers of this religion tell each other "nay nay killua" to wish each other the best of luck in what ever.

Nay nay killua to you allπŸ˜”πŸ™
"Hey you should try and follow gonism. Also i heard you have an exam tomorrow, Nay nay killua!
gonism by Follower of Gonism. October 30, 2020
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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.
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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!
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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 β€” one checked fact at a time.
Northstarring by Light Bearer October 22, 2026
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Plate of Brown 

A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
Plate of Brown by Cheddar Craigson September 18, 2020
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