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out in the sticks 

Something/Someone who resides in the countryside or rural area, far away from any metropolitan area.
You ain't gonna get to his house with the bus; its way out in the sticks.

Hoop in the Sticks 

When you get an unexpected onion ring mixed in with your order of fries.
David went through BK drive through and was pleasantly surprised when he found a “hoop in the sticks”.
Hoop in the Sticks by Mustngsaliez February 4, 2020

living in the sticks 

To live in the country, far away from any major city or urban center. Living in Suburbia does not count.

Living in the sticks requires a person to reside in an area that is well forested, has farmland, and maybe some dirt roads.

Because people live in these rural areas, they are surrounded by trees, which are known as sticks. Trees are a most common thing in these areas...

Folks who live in the sticks are often refferred to as:hicks or country blumpkins or rednecks or hillbilly or farmer or ruralite

Language- English, interspersed with poor grammar and lots of double negatives.

Contrast- concrete jungle,suburbs,city
Kruti: Where do you live?
Ankit: Far away from civiliztion.
Kruti: Oh, you live in the country! Living in the sticks, eh?
Ankit: Yeah, the nearest convienence store is 20 miles away.

live in the sticks 

a dismissive way to describe someone who hails from an unsophisticated region. The city mouse would describe the country mouse as "living in the sticks."
City dweller to country bumpkin: "You are a hick and you live in the sticks."
live in the sticks by nycounsel September 11, 2013

Kicking it in the sticks 

Kicking it in the sticks...
Last week I was kicking it in the sticks

Out in the sticks 

A phrase used to describe a location out in the middle of nowhere, usually far out in the country or outskirts of a city
Drake: I should've put you somewhere where no one could find you. Mansion out in the sticks with nothin' around you. Katy, Texas, Dallas, Texas, you know, a different environment.

Oh you from Missouri? You must be livin out in the sticks.
Out in the sticks by BlindBaker January 15, 2021
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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
Word of the Day on October 23, 2026

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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Larpenomics

When finance content creators rent out fancy cars and flex cash to seem richer than they really are in order to promote and sell their “get rich quick” courses.
Andrew Tate has mastered the field of larpenomics
Larpenomics by Rbois09 October 21, 2026
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Palmela Handerson 

Your hand that you masturbate with.
Girlfriend: What are you going to do for the next week while I'm on holiday?

Boyfriend: Have a visit from Palmela Handerson of course!
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