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Pulling a Ted Bell

To welsh on a bet after talking an incredibly large amount of smack about a sports team(normally the nuthugger of a particular team, usually in college or pro sports). To include completely ignoring and avoiding all contract with anyone, or any website, that the winning betting party, and/or that party's friend's, frequent(including social networking websites). To swindle someone out of the money one has laid as a bet is known as pulling a Ted Bell.
Scenario 1:

Friend: "Did that guy ever pay up on that bet with the Florida Gators and Alabama Crimson Tide in 2009?"

Bet winner: "Nope, dude is pulling a Ted Bell and has disappeared off the map. So much for that C-Note he owes me, I'll probably never see it."

Scenario 2:

Friend: "Say, what ever came about with the bet you had with that guy on the Packers/Cowboys game?"

Bet winner: "Uh, yeah, he apparently decided pulling a Ted Bell was the way to go. He hasn't posted since the night of that game when his team lost and no one has heard from him since. Dude still owes me 1 large."
Pulling a Ted Bell by Lone Sailor January 24, 2011

Pulling a ted mosby 

Telling someone that you love them far too early, in his case on the first day.
"Dude! No, I’m not gonna be pulling a Ted Mosby!“

Pulling a Teddy 

Mysteriously getting "sick" and missing school whenever there is a test or quiz. Often someone who pulls a Teddy won't miss a full day and will simply come in late just after the test was taken or will get his/her parents to pick him/her up right before. They will almost always have a faked doctor's note.
Person 1: Where's John?
Person 2: He's got his mom to pick him up because he was "sick"
Person 1: Yeah right. He's just pulling a Teddy cause he doesn't want to take the Bio test
Pulling a Teddy by academy2014 September 29, 2011
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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.
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Surf Dracula Syndrome 

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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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