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Herod Clause 

A clause in a contract, frequently buried in the fine print, that obligates the signer to fulfill an unacceptable condition, i.e. giving up your first born child. Sometimes such clauses are included to test whether the contract has been read by the client. Named for King Herod in the New Testament. British origin.
"I reviewed that contract and it has a Herod Clause on page three."
Herod Clause by hiplexicog October 11, 2014

Herod the Great 

A person who always thinks that thigs are too small or too simple and proceeds to make them more elaborate, even ostentatious.
He just couldn't be happy with the car he found on the showroom floor. He had to pull a Herod the Great and pimp it out to no end. The DVD player is cool, but the jacuzzi in the back seat is a little much.
Herod the Great by Todd Johnson September 6, 2006

Herod Phenomenon 

This is when white male,elitists, work to derail ascending white men or boys of lower classes, in order to neutralize a potential power structure threat to the current elitists. The term comes from King Herod of the Bible, whom ordered the slaughter of males 2 years and under( trying to destroy Jesus), whom he felt was a threat to his power. They promote only white males of their class and tokenly promote women and minorities as they do not feel they are a threat to the current power structure. Male students in public schools are ignored and their normal boy to man maturity is stifled by a system bent on keeping them from challenging for an elitist position.
Although Joe had worked ,studied hard to get out of the poverty stricken trailer park , he never could make it to the circle of influence in the company because of the Herod Phenomenon.
Herod Phenomenon by EHyde May 15, 2018

King Herod 

The act of passing poopies in a flushable toilet; flushing the babies away.

The paranoid King Herod was quite famous for his controversial flushing away of the babies.
Man my arse is bustin'! I'm gonna go do a King Herod.

Until I can see the king this house is going to be haunted by brown ghosts!
King Herod by Effsix February 24, 2009

queen herod

An evil, deceptive, murderous vulture who makes it his life's work to seek out and destroy mongs and minorities! He only let's up on his anger for 6 eager protégés from the northwest, who he belittles and hounds daily! All in all "a 'orrible c**t"
Did you see Queen Herod swoop down on that Mong?
queen herod by Northern c**t April 14, 2014

King Herod 

the type of motherfucker you dont wanna mess around with.
"hey have you seen king herod he destroyed my discord ;("
King Herod by kixngcobra January 9, 2021
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square grouper

Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
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A girl who does ballet and only talks about ballet. Her schedule is filled with dance classes which does not allow her to do any other activity.
"Hey, do you know that girl Sally?"

"Yeah, she's kind of annoying. All she ever talks about it ballet."

"Wow, what a Bunhead."

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"I can't, I have dance."
"You're such a Bunhead."

"Yeah... I know."
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trucker's tan 

A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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Every time I walk into the toy aisle, I catch myself kidulting over the latest action figures and LEGO sets!
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Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
According to the boffins downstairs, the murderer used a serrated blade.
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Pee Calculus

When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.
Pee Calculus by anorlondo October 1, 2026
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