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While expected to take a picture, a phater will instead shoot a video, and allow their victim to pose endlessly while the victim believes the picture has yet to be taken. The victim may stupidly change their pose several times, before realizing that something is amiss and that no photo is being taken. By then, it is too late as the entire damage has been captured on video and can be used for the phater's usually-ill intents. Since modern digital cameras are fast, you may be a victim of phating if it takes someone longer than five second to take the picture of you. phater: a combination of "photo" and "hater."
after more than 5 seconds waiting for a picture to be taken, "dude, are you phating me?"

"Don't be a phater!".
phater by LocoJorge August 17, 2014
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A person who hates platypuses. Comes from the shortening of the term "platypus hater".
Ross is a phater. He hates Puggles the platypus.
phater by mrxak February 10, 2005
Platerns have been used since the 1840s for yarndling. They range in size and complexity. The largest ones are often found adjacent to scrimming basins.
Tony would often tell me about his grandfather's antique horizontal platern.
platern by Cod Michael May 27, 2020
A portmanteau of 'poo' and 'water', referring to a mixture of the two substances. Pwater can be made up of any ratio of poo and water, from small traces of fecal matter to the substantially more pooey contents of a diarrhea-filled toilet bowl.

Pwater is a source of many illnesses, including pinkeye and Typhoid.
1. "I can't believe you let your dog drink from the toilet bowl. It may have been flushed, but the liquid in there is still pwater"

2. "International development organizations should spend less money on administrative costs and put more effort into reducing the prevalence of pwater in the developing world, where it is responsible for many diseases and deaths."
pwater by Professor Poo January 21, 2010

Paternity Fraud 

A form of Perjury and Fraud that is sanctioned by the State of California. Men who do not find out that "their" children are not in fact theirs within the state's statute of limitations are forced to continue to pay child support. This can take place regardless of evidence provided by the men.
A guy signs a birth certificate because his girlfriend says he's the dad. 5 Years later he finds the children have been seeing their biological father the whole time while he has been paying child support. The state forces him to continue to pay child support regardless of the results of DNA tests.

He is a Paternity Fraud Victim.
Paternity Fraud by Dryhumor September 9, 2009

paternal urinalphobia 

n. (pa-tur-nal ur-E-nal fo-be-a) Fear of urinating next to your father at a public urinal.
Timmy, who suffered from paternal urinalphobia, found the task of tinkling next to his dad at the urinal too terrifying, so instead he sought the privacy of a stall.
paternal urinalphobia by Shy Son November 25, 2011

Set phasers to stun

An oft heard phrase in any Star Trek movie or series. Setting phasers to stun indicates that the crew is not to engage in fatal action and thus only incapacitating the enemy for capture or to engage in diplomatic discussion after having achieved military superiority.
"Set phasers to stun!" - Any captain or ranking officer of Star Trek.
Set phasers to stun by MyZk0 January 10, 2012
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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
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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
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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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Palmela Handerson 

Your hand that you masturbate with.
Girlfriend: What are you going to do for the next week while I'm on holiday?

Boyfriend: Have a visit from Palmela Handerson of course!
Word of the Day on October 20, 2026
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