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Redshirt boyfriend 

The fella that your girlfriend keeps around in waiting as a back-up to you. Similar to a Sancho, however a redshirt boyfriend may or may not have had relations with your girlfriend while you were dating.

Many times a soon-to-be Ex-boyfriend has met his replacement before realizing his doomed fate.

etymology: a Redshirt Freshman is an american college football term for an athlete who practices with the team, but sees little game time in order save a year of his eligibility to play for his team at a later date.
No one was really surprised that John and Sally broke up. I guess Sally will probably be spending more time with that dude, David. He's been her Redshirt Boyfriend for a while now.

I think Cindy is going to break up with me. I think she has a Redshirt boyfriend
Redshirt boyfriend by The Mahatma December 17, 2008

Redshirt 

The person most likely to die first in any TV show, or film, regardless of what colour sweater they're wearing.

Taken from Star Trek the Original Series, where the security guards wore red, one always 'beamed down' from the spaceship to planets on exploratory missions and always died first. Always.
Don't ever wear a red shirt on a space mission!
"Ahhh look at the Redshirt, he's gonna get it first"
"Nahh, the blonde'll die first, they always do in horror movies".
Redshirt by nyet_da April 14, 2010

Redshirt Girlfriend 

1. A girl aspiring to become your girlfriend.

2. The Girl that a guy keeps around in waiting as a back-up to his current girlfriend. Similar to a Sancha or the other woman, however calling a girl a redshirt girlfriend does not neccessarily imply that she has had relations with the guy while he was with the previous girlfriend.

etymology: a Redshirt Freshman is an american college football term for an athlete who practices with the team, but sees little game time in order save a year of eligibility to play for his team at a later date.
Definition 1- Man, that girl Kelly is all over you dude. I think she is your Redshirt girlfriend.

No one knew why Billy dropped his girlfriend Sally until everyone found out about his Redshirt Girlfriend, Gloria.
Redshirt Girlfriend by The Mahatma December 26, 2008

Redshirt 

Expendable characters. Usually say one line or less before being killed in a plot-convenient manner.
Most often seen in classic 60's Trek.
"Oh no, that Redshirt just fell down the bottomless pit."
"Damn, find me another one."
Redshirt by Heywood June 16, 2003
Word of the Day on May 9, 2009

redshite 

1. adj. Beyond contempt, a heathen, a dirty filthy scummy dogturd of a lowlife scumbag, 2. n. somebody who supports Liverpool FC, usually from Scandinavia or Devon, usually unable to point to Liverpool on a map, describable as 'redshite' by definition
'Oh lordy, I've stepped in a redshite!'

'Anfield was full of redshite today'
redshite by Duncan Ferguson February 13, 2004

Redshirtted 

A way to refer to someone getting screwed over by getting an unpleasant task or sheer bad luck.

Coined from the security guards from the original "STAR TREK" because they always got killed on assingment.
"Roger just got totally redshirted. He's gotta clean up the bathroom that the toilet backed up in"
Redshirtted by Doc Evil March 12, 2005
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proper lad 

a lad that is such a lad that he is a proper lad
person1:did you see bob
person2: ya he was a proper lad
Word of the Day on October 29, 2026
The number of years you are still sexually active
While our lifespan is the number of years we will live, our healthspan is the number of healthy years we will have and our sexspan is is the number of years we will continue to be healthy enough to continue having an active sex life.
sexspan by Dr Kat April 21, 2022
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A lighthearted reaction upon receiving disappointing news of some sort. Usually something that isn't a particularly a big deal, esp. when it primarily affects someone else - sort of a mild schadenfreude. Sometimes doubled or tripled, and possibly said in a sing-songy voice for added comedic effect to imitate a muted trumpet, which is how the meme originated.
You didn't get any napkins with your takeout pork fried rice? Womp womp.
womp by 175623226 November 3, 2011
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When your wife’s boyfriend let you sleep past 8pm 😎😎
Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!
Poggers by Just_Charles April 14, 2020
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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.
Oblication by kimmerr May 5, 2011
Word of the Day on October 25, 2026

Surf Dracula Syndrome 

A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.

For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
Word of the Day on October 24, 2026

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
Word of the Day on October 23, 2026
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