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people watching 

People watching is when u go around and watch people that u've never met before and, based on their actions, movements, and gestures, guess what kind of people they are and what they do.
I went people watching at the high school.
people watching by gobipie October 23, 2007

People Watching 

The art of secretly watching someone for personal amusement, often times when bored.
I go people watching at school.
People Watching by emily2000 February 23, 2015

People Watching 

when people with no lives or losers who go out to watch people because they nothing better to do.
P.S. This is my sister
Fred: What did you do last night?
Loser:I went people watching.
Fred: What?
Loser: People watching, its when you go and watch random people.
Fred:you need to get a life.
People Watching by Jim Rule December 28, 2005

People watching with telescopes 

To take a dump so large and stinky that only 'People watching with telescopes' would survive.

To be of so little worth to society that only 'People watching with telescopes' might be fooled into thinking you have any value.
Warn the people watching with telescopes to back up, it's on it's way, and it's worst than we thought.

If it wasn't for the people watching with telescopes no one would know how we all died today.

The chair you built was so useless even people watching with telescopes could tell.

digital people watching 

Like people watching , but digitally.

A hobby in which you watch people with your phone, mainly for online dating website when you swipe and watch people’s profile /pictures just for fun, not really into actual conversations or engaging.
I like digital people watching before bed.

beautiful-people-watching 

People watching in a location or neighborhood where only beautiful people hang out, such as a Whole Foods market. Comparable to observing exotic birds at a zoo.
Let's go to Whole Foods - I'm in the mood for some beautiful-people-watching.

H: Ooh, look at that dude pick out his protein-rich drinks. I bet his name is Nate and he's going kayaking after this.
Z: Hmm, do you think that girl with the shiny hair is his girlfriend or his sister?
H: I'm gonna say that's his mom. She has very nice skin for her age, though.
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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.
Oblication by kimmerr May 5, 2011
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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!
Word of the Day on October 24, 2026

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
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