Pulling a Chelsea

1. When you knock something over, break something, and/or hurt yourself out of pure clumsiness.
2. When you obsess over the grammar of a piece of writing so much that you don't pay attention to the content itself.
3. When you mishear a word someone says, thinking they said something dirty.

1. "Shit, I spilled my drink and now my computer's soaked. I totally just pulled a Chelsea."
2. "Sorry, I'll read your email in a minute - I'm pulling a Chelsea right now. I just need to print it out and highlight all of the grammatical errors first."
3. "Did that news anchor say 'penis' or am I just pulling a Chelsea?"

Pulling a Chelsea by Cornelius P. Smear III June 12, 2020

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Pulling a Chelsea

When you work retail and your coworker tries to steal the customer you have been working with.

Sales Associate 1: I'm so heated right now
Sales Associate 2: What's wrong dude?
Sales Associate 1: I went back to pull product for a customer and I see Jack walk up to my customer . He was pulling a Chelsea!
Sales Associate 2: It's a good thing you stopped him dead in his tracks.
Sales Associate 1: No kidding!

Pulling a Chelsea by J_Rod0125 August 6, 2016

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pulling a chelsea

cheating on someone

"your girlfriend is pulling a chelsea on you"

pulling a chelsea by chelseaisgay June 27, 2008

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Striver

The striver is an interesting phenomenon that is seen across college campuses. In essence, the striver is an over-achiever who comes from a working or middle class family. He may be an immigrant. He may have been a slacker in HS who was "born again" into an academic wunderkind. Or he may just be an over-achiever who is keeping at it.

The striver is willing to sacrifice his social life at the expense of Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. The striver is the guy who stays at the library long after you are gone. The striver is the guy who takes 30 credits/semester and considers anything below an A/4.0 failure. The striver doesn't work on campus, he is too busy finding ways to pad his resume instead of working retail or workstudy. The striver lets his grades pay his education by applying to ten scholarships a year.

The striver is a future Soros/Fullbright/Rhodes/Gates/Marshall/etc. fellow. The striver lives to study. For the striver, their fun comes from the rewards they expect to receive in return for their diligence. Be it Law School, B-School, academia, or politics. The striver seeks to find the American Dream through academic success.

Anthony was a striver. He transfered from a TTT to an IVY and graduated in 2 years. He studied his ass off and went to Penn Law. He got a Biglaw offer. But lost it all because of an unmoderated mesasgeboard.

Successful strivers:
- Barack Obama
- Harold Koh

Striver by URM Striver January 3, 2009

Word of the Day on August 15, 2026

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SkyPesos

Delta SkyMiles, also known as SkyPesos, is the frequent flyer program of Delta Airlines. It has a very poor value and hard to use.

- I'm trying to book an award flight to Paris, but I only have 70,000 SkyPesos
- Just forget about it, you don't have enough SkyPesos to fly anywhere.

SkyPesos by 404_name_not_found December 6, 2018

Word of the Day on August 14, 2026

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Quiche Peanemis

Quirky niche peak cinema analysis
It describes the analysis of a media piece which is quirky and niche, yet peak.

Give me the quiche peanemis on the movie I missed.

Quiche Peanemis by Mushroom2241 June 17, 2026

Word of the Day on August 13, 2026

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Hate Draft

1. Select a player (real or fantasy) during a sports draft to spite or anger one or more of your opponents because they had intended to select him/her.

2. Select a player (real or fantasy) during a sport draft to put one or more of your opponents at a strategic disadvantage.

1. Billy hate drafted Chad OchoCinco because he knew Sam had wanted him since he is from Cincinnati. Billy already had plenty of players to fill that position but wanted to make sure Sam didn't get him.

2. Billy hate drafted Peyton Manning because he was the only good quarterback left and he knew Sam had been planning on drafting him.

Hate Draft by pffler September 1, 2009

Word of the Day on August 12, 2026

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