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Needless Markup 

Slang for Neiman Marcus, a very expensive department store.
I spent $5 for my t-shirt at Target, but she spent $105 for the same shirt at Needless Markup.
Needless Markup by KChristieH October 10, 2007

needless markups 

Slang for the department store Neiman Marcus
Why go to to Bloomingdale's, when you can go to Needless Markups & pay double the price, for the same pair of Billy's!!
needless markups by Broke as a Joke December 30, 2008

needlessly complex 

The act of creating complexity where none is in fact required.
The SOX processes were needlessly complex, they had so many turns and twists, they would have made Rube Goldberg smile.
needlessly complex by FPB June 18, 2008

needless sacrifice syndrome 

The tendency of action, sci-fi, or fantasy media to needlessly sacrifice main characters for one reason or another.
Charlie from Lost, most characters from Lost, and every tough black sidekick character ever are all examples of needless sacrifice syndrome.

needless to say 

An unnecessary and somewhat obnoxious introduction to an obvious observation.
Synonymous with the phrase “it goes without saying.”
Person A: I heard that my teacher’s vagina smells like a toxic waste dump. Needless to say I won’t be putting my nose anywhere near that.

Person B: If it’s needless to say, then why did you say it?

Person A: Well…I…uh…I don’t know.

Person B: Dick (while walking away).

Needless To Say 

Something you add to a statement when you know that it really isn't needless to say.
I went to my seven-year-old nephew's birthday party last night. Needless to say, I got wasted.
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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
Word of the Day on October 22, 2026

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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