Top definition
something lame, dead-end, a dud, insignificant; especially something with high expectations that turns out to be average, pathetic, or overhyped.
"much to the team's dismay, the number one pick in this year's draft turned out to be a nothingburger"
by Nutmegs June 10, 2006
May 14 Word of the Day
Intelligence agency term for "psychological operation". A government or corporate-sponsored operation, usually taking the form of a "terrorist attack" or "crazed gunman on a spree", with the intent of panicking the public into demanding more police and laws inhibiting freedom. Psyops are usually carried out by drugging a civilian or group of civilians with aggression-promoting drugs, psyching them up, arming them, and sending them out to commit mayhem. Government-sponsored terrorism. See also blackshirts, conspiracy
Person A: Man, that nutcase Martin Bryant guy shot 35 people in Tasmania!
Person B: No, he wasn't a nutcase, that was just a psyop so the government could have an excuse to ban guns.
Person B: No, he wasn't a nutcase, that was just a psyop so the government could have an excuse to ban guns.
by Mystikan April 11, 2006
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You guys have my full respect for watching the whole episode. I could NOT get through it because it was a nothing-burger.
by TeaInTheMoment June 27, 2017
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Widespread evidence of a massive criminal conspiracy with a hostile foreign power dismissed by another group of people suffering from a spell of delusion and blind partisanship.
by Benedict J Trump July 21, 2017
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Two pieces of bread slapped together with nothing in between. Usually eaten when you have nothing in the house except bread or are too lazy to spend 2 minutes making a decent sandwich.
Rob: My breakfast is usually just a nothing burger and a cup of coffee
Ann: Wtf you're so lazy, did you ever try eating decent food?
Ann: Wtf you're so lazy, did you ever try eating decent food?
by Vasily Favoroff July 10, 2008
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Donald Trump, applying for a porn job in light of his failing presidency: "So, do I have the job?"
Interviewer: "Sorry, you have a real nothing burger."
Interviewer: "Sorry, you have a real nothing burger."
by Drumandfife July 11, 2017