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Nightingale 

Listen do you hear that ?
I don’t hear anything

That’s the point….no nightingales

Blah blah

*every*
Nightingale by LlamaUrMother September 7, 2023

Nightingale syndrome 

The Florence Nightingale effect is a situation where a caregiver develops romantic feelings for their patient. Many often misunderstand the term to mean the opposite; that is, a patient falling in love with the caregiver as a result of interpreting an amiable bedside manner as affection.
See Florence_Nightingale_effect on Wikipedia, often confused with Nightingale syndrome (which is something else entirely).
Nightingale syndrome by Walkman100 January 19, 2016

Nightingale Pasta 

A phrase that is used when more than one neighbors sexual activities can be heard at the same time, giving the impression that a nightingale is dying in boiling agony. The common response to this layer of awkwardness is to eat pasta.
I swear all my neighbors were going at it last night...so I had to bust out the old nightingale pasta cuz I don't have a girlfriend.
Nightingale Pasta by KosherBob January 4, 2021

Nightingale 

Beautiful woman that has eyes of a godess amazing singer, falls deep loves hard is family orientated , dosent have a bad bone in her a really amazing kisser , all nightingale's tend to be incredibly gorgeous with the most flawless skin , but watch out for her short wick temper Everybody needs a nightingale
Nightingales are keepers
Nightingale by Jane webb December 17, 2013

Lisa Nightingale 

16 year old Snapchat model. Everyone thinks she is gorgeous. She dated Jacob Sartorius in the past.
Have you seen Lisa Nightingale’s story? She’s so stunning.
Lisa Nightingale by wjohntucker December 20, 2018

nightingaling 

Just like the bird that sings at night, the action of nightingaling means to cough, talk, or make any other kind of interruptive sound in order to alter the mood, or in extreme (but far more common than expected) cases, interrupt the sexual act of that couple which is a bit too loud and a bit too close and you are just trying to sleep.
Carlos : Sean! WTF? I was in the middle of something!
Sean: Well... I needed to sleep... so...
Carlos: You fuckin nightingaler! I HATE NIGHTINGALING
Sean: And she was my best friend you know!
Carlos: LOL
Sean: Idiot....
nightingaling by Se St Se July 4, 2009
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proper lad 

a lad that is such a lad that he is a proper lad
person1:did you see bob
person2: ya he was a proper lad
Word of the Day on October 29, 2026
The number of years you are still sexually active
While our lifespan is the number of years we will live, our healthspan is the number of healthy years we will have and our sexspan is is the number of years we will continue to be healthy enough to continue having an active sex life.
sexspan by Dr Kat April 21, 2022
Word of the Day on October 28, 2026
A lighthearted reaction upon receiving disappointing news of some sort. Usually something that isn't a particularly a big deal, esp. when it primarily affects someone else - sort of a mild schadenfreude. Sometimes doubled or tripled, and possibly said in a sing-songy voice for added comedic effect to imitate a muted trumpet, which is how the meme originated.
You didn't get any napkins with your takeout pork fried rice? Womp womp.
womp by 175623226 November 3, 2011
Word of the Day on October 27, 2026
When your wife’s boyfriend let you sleep past 8pm 😎😎
Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!
Poggers by Just_Charles April 14, 2020
Word of the Day on October 26, 2026

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.
Oblication by kimmerr May 5, 2011
Word of the Day on October 25, 2026

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!
Word of the Day on October 24, 2026
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