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when you make a joke or do something only you/they think is funny, and everyone laughs not cause it was funny but because you are acting dumb
pulling a sam
sam: yeah i went up to the girl and i was like where did you get that shirt the dollar store
everyone: laugh(but at him not with)
by yuroga February 07, 2009
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May 22 Word of the Day
A moment that is generally agreed to have had a significant influence on pop culture and everyday life. While the term was coined by Rose McGowan in context of the #MeToo movement, and is mostly associated with the K-pop community, the phenomenon is universal and a basic component of how culture works.

Real world events such as social/political movements, the election of a new U.S. President, major catastrophes and disasters, as well as entertainment such as movies, music and TV, can all function as cultural resets. Notable cultural resets in relatively recent memory include:

* The Beatles appearing on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964
* The Watergate scandal of 1974
* The release of Nevermind by Nirvana in 1991
* The September 11, 2001 attacks
* The election and inauguration of Barack Obama in 2009
* The COVID-19 pandemic
"The Nineties politically started with the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989 and the Soviet Union dissolving on December 26, 1991, and ended with both the 2000 Presidential election which saw the victory of George W. Bush and the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 which left people so stupefied that it functioned as something of a cultural reset button." - TV Tropes' article on the 1990s
by Spike from Degrassi February 09, 2021
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Dating someone whom is younger than you are.
person1 "Man i saw you and that hott chick gettin it on last night"

person2 "It was insane but im not gunna ask her out, it would be pulling a sam"
by homie g dawg November 21, 2007
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The act of getting someone “on birth control” pregnant, going on a booze fuelled bender in Spain, living with your now pregnant girlfriend on a waterbed at your mums, having to re-evaluate your life after it that and realising you need a better job, because Tesco’s just wasn’t pulling in enough money.
Hey did you hear? James is pulling a Sam!
by Gavs mate July 15, 2018
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When you do something so idiotic. That you end up making yourself look like the biggest dumbass on the planet and yet complain about life when people joke about you.
"Did you just see what Devon did?"
"Yeah he'd pulled a Sam"
"Pretty hard to do that"
"Yeah pulling a sam is pretty tough"
by JuicyJustin May 16, 2018
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