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The Prankenstein Effect

When you come up with something that you think is cool and funny and you think you're the first person to think of it, but it turns out many people have thought of it long before you.
Person 1: Bro! I have a crazy idea! Imagine Frankenstein but he's a prankster, and his name is PRANKENSTEIN. Why has no one ever though of this before?

Person 2: That joke has been used several times already by many other people.

Person 1: Fuck. I'll call this phenomenon "The Prankenstein Effect"

Dr Funkenstein 

Main character of the funkateers' album "Clones of Dr Funkenstein", a fusion of Star Wars and funky bass lines from Parliament, half of George Clinton's funk empire.
We'd love to Funk you Funkenstein, your Funk is the BEST-ie. we'd love to jam with you Dr Funkenstein, cos you are the don of the hood.
Dr Funkenstein by Damn Yankees April 26, 2006

Dr. Dunkenstein 

The greatest nickname of any athlete ever.
And Dr. Dunkenstein throws one down with authority!
Dr. Dunkenstein by Kermit Sly December 31, 2008

porkenstein 

Someone who is clever, yet obese.
"That dude is cool but he's a bit of a porkenstein'
porkenstein by Benni & Jecky February 16, 2007

Dr. Funkenstein

Dr. Amos Funkenstein (1937-1995). Jewish historical scholar, author of such works as Perceptions of Jewish History from Antiquity to the Present (Tel Aviv, 1991). Probably nowhere near as cool as his name implies.
"I follow the late scholar of Jewish thought, Dr. Funkenstein, in defining historical consciousness as a useful and neglected middle term in this debate"

- Susan A. Crane, 'Writing the Individual Back into Collective Memory', The American Historical Review, 102, 5 (Dec 1997), p.1373.
Dr. Funkenstein by historygeek September 6, 2008

Dr. Funkenstein

i aint GOTTA definitsion, but the guy above or below me, Star Child, is a pimp kuzz ane one down wit the funk is Groovin it HARDCORE.
Yee-up MAN, das some shee-it.
Dr. Funkenstein by DFOES November 23, 2003
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funflation 

The recent boom in consumer spending on entertainment and experiences with a high demand running up the cost of enjoying of those experiences.
I’m trying to go to this Taylor Swift concert but the funflation has made it so impossible for me to afford tickets.
funflation by Dfree523 November 17, 2023
Word of the Day on October 13, 2026
A US deep south term for an alligator. Usually used in the Cajun dialect.
Take the big pirogue, I saw a huge swamp dog out there earlier.
swamp dog by Crystal Ambrose May 22, 2006
Word of the Day on October 12, 2026

Throat Sweats 

The feeling and build up in your mouth/throat of saliva that sometimes accompanies nausea.
Oh man those burritos gave me the throat sweats, I hope I don’t have food poisoning.
Throat Sweats by TacoFings420 April 23, 2024
Word of the Day on October 11, 2026
Being ignored by someone when making a statement or asking a question. Also known as blanked and turfed.
Person 1: Did u watch ** last nite?
Person 2:......
Person 3: O no u got aired!
aired by Pietro February 9, 2005
Word of the Day on October 10, 2026

piddlefart

verb. To waste time doing nothing.
Instead of doing my homework, I decided to piddlefart around for two hours.
piddlefart by Rene April 25, 2005
Word of the Day on October 9, 2026
anyone who succeeds in disgracing/over indulging themselves in the throws of clubland
28 hours and 4 clubs later, gurning for england but still refusing to go home - a total wrongun!!
wrongun by bevvers March 21, 2007
Word of the Day on October 8, 2026
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