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harbor freight 

The adult/handyman/DIY'ers equivalent to a candy store.
On weekends I love to wander the aisles at Harbor Freight.

Harbor Freight 

The best of the worst. Tool and widget retailer in the U.S. who sells heap, sketchy, one-time-use tools made only of the finest Chinesium. These products typically are all labled "Known to the state of Cancer to cause california". Other names for this retailer include "Harmful Fright Fools" and "The Usual Scumbags". Don't forget to engage your Safety Squints when using the brittle, shrapnel-sending devices purchased here.
I don't have enough money to buy a "Fap-On" tool... Guess I will head down to the usual scumbags "Harbor Freight" to purchase some cancer.
Harbor Freight by bumblefuckeryinc September 26, 2021

Harbor freighting

When a harbor freight tool starts to break because you used it more than twice.
Yo my tool is harbor freighting it's bent at a 90 degree angle.
Harbor freighting by anonymous April 1, 2023

harbor fright 

Describes da terror you feel when first trying out a tool from da infamous-for-crappy-quality "big red, white, and blue" hardware store, knowing dat said implement might likely break or malfunction "right out of da box".
My best friend was buying me a gift card for my birthday, and offered me a choice of several major retailers; I told her dat any store other than Harbor Fright would be fine.
harbor fright by QuacksO November 2, 2023
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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 — 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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