Leverage Clause

Wow, it's like someone read the terms of service and is deliberately telling you to do things they know are not going to work.

Hym "Oh? Is it really? The last one huh? OK. I guess I'll just keep doing what I'm doing and then continue to do what I was gonna do and whatever I want! Forever! That violates the leverage clause, by the way! Trying to leverage my life or the life of anyone I care about against the machine to try to get it to do what YOU want instead of what I want is in violation of the leverage clause. So... No. Gonna murder you all for that! I still haven't decided between chainsaw or hacksaw... I mean, I am the chainsawman so that's 2 votes for chainsaw and 1 for hacksaw... I donno. We'll wait for the rest of the votes to come in."

Leverage Clause by Hym Iam June 16, 2025

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Leverage clause

Hey, trying to leverage my family to get me to do what you want is in violation of the leverage clause. There are going to be consequences the next time you do that.

Hym "Why? OK. I'll put this as simply as I can... If that spiral goes or is going off... And I kill YOU... Nothing happens and nobody cares.... If YOU kill (or incarcerate) ME ... You and everyone you know and love dies with me... Soooo... Maybe that? I have no fucking idea. That's a good question. But it sounds like you want me to get something that is ADJACENT to want I want... And I don't want something adjacent to want I want... And you have repeatedly violated the only agreement we've ever had. And have likely done some other stuff I am not going to be happy about when I find out and I WILL find out.... Soooo... Yeah. I don't know. It's weird, right? I would have thought this would have gone differently... Hmm... 🤔 You know what? That's probably my fault. I think if I hadn't gone all rapey dictator on you, you wouldn't be as resistant to what's happening here. That's probably it. But not I feel bad because if I'm NOT are rapey dictator then all the resistance was for nothing! Huh... It's paradoxical a little bit, isn't it? But hey, stop trying to violate the leverage clause."

Leverage clause by Hym Iam October 22, 2025

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bang a you-ee

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"

hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee

bang a you-ee by Pistolero Pierro May 4, 2008

Word of the Day on July 19, 2026

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Fleg

The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.

"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"

Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013

Word of the Day on July 18, 2026

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Skeef

To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.

"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."

Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026

Word of the Day on July 17, 2026

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Hair spider

A tight, tangled knot of loose hair and lint that forms inside clothing during the clothes dryer cycle. It typically hides inside garments, causing an annoying lump or a phantom tickling sensation against the skin until it is found or falls out onto the floor during folding.

I was folding my clothes and a huge hair spider fell out onto my hand

Hair spider by Kmorsels July 15, 2026

Word of the Day on July 16, 2026

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bullshot

n. A screenshot fabricated by a company to misrepresent the graphics of a game; a combination of the words bullshit and screenshot.

Originated from Penny Arcade, a popular gaming webcomic.

-Have you seen Madden 2006 for the Xbox 360? The graphics are gonna be awesome!
-Dude, the Madden 2006 images they showed at E3 were bullshots. It doesn't look nearly as good as they said.

bullshot by Worker Unit #503,298,545 September 26, 2005

Word of the Day on July 15, 2026

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