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Rosetta Stoned 

A song by Tool, In which a man shows up in a hospital were the staff can’t find a single thing about him. 1 doctor, Dr. Larson, asks what’s wrong. The man Reluctantly answers with a tale that belongs in a scuffle-if story about how he was tripping on drugs then all of the sudden an alien ship he described as a “ Flaming stealth banana” and how he was elected by the alien to be the “Chosen one”. The chosen one is the person who will warn the world of incoming Armageddon. Then he forgets what the alien told to him, Which sends him into a fit of him shouting “Don’t Know, won’t know”, He then yells “ God Damn! Shit the bed!” Then the song ends, and nothing else is known about what happened.
I listened to Rosetta Stoned and it was weird as shit.
Rosetta Stoned by JustATool February 12, 2018

Rosetta Stoned 

When you get so stoned, you start speaking another language.
Hey dude, we smoked too much last night, we got rosetta stoned and spoke Arabic!
Rosetta Stoned by PhilChill March 14, 2019

Rosetta Stoned 

One who gets so high that he or she begins to speak in a foreign language.
Beth got so Rosetta Stoned last night she could effectively communicate with the cab driver!
Rosetta Stoned by bmitch373 May 26, 2009
Word of the Day on March 29, 2012

Rosetta Stoned 

An acute condition that occurs while hanging out with native speakers, in which you realize that all of the hours you logged with your Rosetta Stone software in preparation for your trip to Mexico are disappearing from your consciousness as your new amigos keep serving you tequila. The surest sign of this condition is the glazed expression on your face when someone asks, "Como se llama?"
Last night I met a lot of nice folks at a bar in Mexico City who got me so Rosetta Stoned that I could not remember how to ask, "where's the bathroom?" in Spanish.
Rosetta Stoned by pelirroja February 23, 2011

Rosetta Stoned 

When you are so high you think you can understand another language when reading the subtitles of a foreign film
After an evening of hot boxing the abandoned car the guys gather around to watch Paprika.

Conor: Holy shit guys! I can speak Japanese!

Aaron:... what?! No, dude your just rosetta stoned!

Rosetta Stoned 

Someone you can barely understand when they are stoned, or someone who tries to speak a different language when stoned.
It's hard to understand Ben when he smokes to much, he gets Rosetta Stoned.
Rosetta Stoned by esk1mo May 29, 2018
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Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!
Poggers by Just_Charles April 14, 2020
Word of the Day on October 26, 2026

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.

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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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