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Something that sets you back. It keeps you from doing something and can cause great inconvenience to someones life. A setback may just knock you off your time schedule or it could be stopping you from doing something you drastically need to do. Setbacks are not good, most of the time...
"I really must get my sculpture finished today, but I don't have enough resources to finishes it. That means I'm gonna have to go out and buy some then I'll be off my time schedule. Dang!"

(^^^Not having enough resources to finish his/her sculpture was this persons setback)
Setback by SPECCYKID123 April 19, 2011
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Setback Syndrome 

When a human being purposely or accidentally wastes the times of other human beings
Short: yo I'm going to get fined 10,000$ for parking can you move my car
Big : shutup
By-Law: ticket for 10,000 for parking in government property
Short : Thanks bro...you and your setback syndrome
Big : (hahaha) I love you broo
Setback Syndrome by Zingy666 January 2, 2013

Setback juice 

It'll like wen I get bully and I hitter eith the 'setback juice' and they like ☝️🤓 an I'm like 🧃😎👍 den day fie and I get da giorals because I'm cool snd they pool so yuhhhhhhhhh legalize shadow government like hit the bel cuhzz
Nerd: fuk u
Me: *setback juice*
Nerd: 🪦⚰️
Barrack Obama: hello fellow american

You: *dies so hard*

Your grandma: *thug shake*
Alien: pp
Me: oh shi an alien 👽 🤪

Alien: *anal probes ur grandma*
Me: * thug shakes*
ALIEN: *runs awau

Me: it smells like updogg
The children in the basement: help me pls
My epic catgirl babe: *thugshakes*
Me: *kills*
Me again: eats KFC 🍗 😋 😅 😭 😫 😩
Mom: break fast reddy
Me: ok
Me: dies
Setback juice by Ray scist June 23, 2023

Generational Setback

Oh my god... Rajah said some stupid shit again, what a Generational Setback.
Generational Setback by anvszja October 23, 2025

Quack Quack Seatback

Similar to "Fives" or calling "shotgun", "Quack Quack Seatback" is a common way to lay short-term claim to a seat you're about to vacate when with a larger group. Sometimes shortened to "Quacks."
Person A: "Hey, you stole my seat."
Person B: "It's my seat now."
Person C: "No, he called Quack Quack Seatback. Move it."
Quack Quack Seatback by Joe G! January 5, 2006

seatback love

action verb, the act of recieving oral sex in either a front car seat, movies, airplane, train, bus anywhere where you can recline your seat
Yo! On the way home from the party ole girl gave me some seatback love all the way to her driveway.
seatback love by Mr Corey February 22, 2009
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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.
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Surf Dracula Syndrome 

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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.
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Plate of Brown 

A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
Plate of Brown by Cheddar Craigson September 18, 2020
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Larpenomics

When finance content creators rent out fancy cars and flex cash to seem richer than they really are in order to promote and sell their “get rich quick” courses.
Andrew Tate has mastered the field of larpenomics
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Palmela Handerson 

Your hand that you masturbate with.
Girlfriend: What are you going to do for the next week while I'm on holiday?

Boyfriend: Have a visit from Palmela Handerson of course!
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