Purgency

When you absolutely must get rid of something immediately.

Soon after bringing in the day's mail and realizing that Donald Trump was on the cover of the latest issue of People Magazine sitting on her kitchen counter, Charlene had to put her knitting down and find the nearest incinerator. It was a real purgency.

Purgency by East Coast Word Wizard October 18, 2018

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purgency

The combination of extremem urgency and paranoia

please execute these tasks with purgency

purgency by Steve H 712 February 11, 2009

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purgency

The act of seeming concerned and willing to act on a problem when the boss or an authority figure is standing right there, but going back to not caring or point the finger at someone else once the boss leaves.

SHANE commiting purgency: I don't know how this happened, but I will get right on this and make sure it is perfect for the customer.

later, after the boss leaves...

SHANE: Screw this I didn't mess this up! Chris and Joe can fix it.

purgency by hsilived October 22, 2010

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Pergency

a sudden, urgent, usually unexpected (although frequent) Persian occurrence requiring immediate action by all Persian members. This usually results in a a Persian pow-wow at an undisclosed location such as the stairway of a building.

OMG, there's a Pergency! Call the leader, we need to meet.

Pergency by James103_Persians November 12, 2011

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bang a you-ee

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"

hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee

bang a you-ee by Pistolero Pierro May 4, 2008

Word of the Day on July 19, 2026

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Fleg

The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.

"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"

Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013

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Skeef

To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.

"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."

Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026

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