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of french origin; le hob

a hobnail is a type of french salad dressing, mainly used by those in prison.
John poured the hobnail slowly over food, licking his lips menacingly.
hobnail by Frankl October 6, 2004
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Hobnailing 

To kick the living shit out of someone during a fight.

Derived from hobnailed boots that are heavy durable boots with hobnails through the soles. If you kicked someone with a hobnailed boot, you'd likely do some damage.
Nigel gave Gerald a proper hobnailing that night and now Gerald eats through a straw
Hobnailing by Dangermouse September 23, 2018

Hobnailing 

To shamelessly pander for a Pulitzer or other, similar award, especially by choosing as one's theme, certain hot-button social issues that the committee would likely feel obliged to vote for. (Possibly a conflation of Hobbes' "war of all against all" with Machiavelli's advice to give lip-service to virtue but act viciously.)
"A comic strip about breast cancer? That's just hobnailing!"
Hobnailing by Zla'od July 1, 2021

church hurt 

church hurt is where you experience a degree of distance, pain, or judgement from your church community. Essentially, you are just unable to “find your place”. This is prevalent in the Christian community, but can be extended to other religions.
Now that I am an adult I am beginning to heal from the church hurt that was inflicted on me as a child.
Word of the Day on May 27, 2026
Huge. Surpassing normal expectations.
I was fishing with a Spinner Bait and a HONKIN pike came after it and hit it . Felt like a lawnmower running over a brick.
honkin by R. LaJoy December 26, 2005
Word of the Day on May 26, 2026

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