old wives' tale

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A belief, usually in the form of untested new pieces of information like having to behave well to get more screen time from parents, passed from mouth to mouth as piece of traditional wisdom

My parents always made me behave well to earn extra screen time, but now I realize it was just an old wives' tale about how to manage kids and technology.

old wives' tale by Emotional Cruiser September 30, 2025

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Old Wives Tale

False information from dumb old bitches.

"Dude I wanna know what sex my baby's gonna be"
"Spin a locket around ur wifes belly, depending on the direction of the circle you might either get a boy or a girl"
"Dude thats an Old Wives Tale, I think Im just goin to use an ultra sound"
"Fu** you smart ass!"

Old Wives Tale by Neil Strauss October 21, 2008

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old wives tale

See old wise tale...

Bobby's Grandma: "Put on your coat or you'll catch pneumonia"
Little Bobby: "Nah ah Grandma. That's an old wives tale. Pneumonia is caused by bacteria."

old wives tale by enzoblinx July 20, 2006

Satellite baddies

Attractive women who are far from your location.

There are no hot girls in the area, theres only satellite baddies.

Satellite baddies by Banksy123 September 5, 2026

Word of the Day on September 10, 2026

Rammys

-Ramifications

-shorthand for the ramifications of actions

“Omg, the ramifications!”
-“You forgot about the rammys, bro.”

Rammys by Brandonmical August 4, 2023

Word of the Day on September 9, 2026

Failure Shower

When you fail at something in life (eg. failing an exam or not getting a job), go home and spend an hour just standing in the shower, propping yourself up against the wall with your eyes on your feet.

Caleb knew the only thing to do after he didnt get prefect was take a failure shower.

Failure Shower by Vikingnz October 27, 2009

Word of the Day on September 8, 2026

NARP

Acronym for Non-Athletic Regular Person. Your schools lacrosse team probably shouts it at you while you walk by.

Lookie at these bunch of narps, NARP NARP NARP

NARP by Douchebag McKenzy March 31, 2010

Word of the Day on September 7, 2026

High School Liquid

A person who can freely travel between and fit in with all high school social groups and classes.

He is high school liquid, he ate lunch with the nerds and hung out with the jocks after school.

High School Liquid by Thaedris July 30, 2008

Word of the Day on September 6, 2026

Purple Patch

To describe coming into something good, coming into good luck and or good times.

Like walking over small green hills in the countryside then coming across a purple patch of flowers, thus it being unique and out of the ordinary.

I hit a real purple patch.

The other day this good thing happened unexpectedly then I was lucky with this, it was unique, I hit a real purple patch.

Purple Patch by Ralph Shitstorm October 27, 2020

Word of the Day on September 5, 2026