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shiboleet 

"Yup. It's a backdoor put in by the geeks who built these phone support systems back in the 1990's"
- xkcd Episode 806

A secret phrase used to allow programmers direct access to Technical Support people skilled in at least two programming languages.
Customer: "Hello, yes I've a problem with the network between my router and your systems"
Tech Support: "Okay, if you'll click the start button - "
Customer: "I don't have a start button, I'm running linux."
Tech Support: "oh, well we don't suport that"
Customer: "Shiboleet"
Tech Support: "Yes sir, right away!"
Informed Tech Support: "Yes sir, I see your issue, hang on a sec..." *type, type*
Informed Tech Support: "Alright, it should be fixed now"
Customer: "Thanks!"
shiboleet by Markizano Draconus October 17, 2010
Related Words
Its shitty. Its a debacle. Two great tastes that go great together.
Deion Sanders refers to the Eagles trade of McNabb as a 'Shibacle'.

Or.

The Trivia host then decided to break the tie with a goddamn dance off. Seriously, what a shibacle.
shibacle by elk horn April 9, 2010
Coined in April 2010 by "Prime Time" Deion Sanders, shibacle refers to a scenario where a social or business exchange takes place that is totally lopsided and unfairly skewed toward one of the parties involved (possibly unbeknownst to the fool that is getting taken for a ride). It is a combination of shit, shitty, or shittily and debacle. Shibacle.
This whole thing is a mess-- that loser totally got shibacled by that dude. Epic fall.
shibacle by ElitheBarrowBoy April 9, 2010
A screw-up so large and so shitty as to go beyond creating merely a debacle.
The wedding reception became a complete and total shibacle when the best man farted during the toast, creating a fireball atop a nearby candle and lighting the bride's hair on fire.
shibacle by Neion Deion April 9, 2010
"The Donovan McNabb trade was dumb as hell. It was a total shibacle."
shibacle by MauryBallsteen April 9, 2010
A debacle of monstrous proportions.
First coined by Deion Sanders referring to the Donavon McNabb Trade of 2010:

"The Donavan McNabb trade was as dumb as the Herschel Walker Shibacle."
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kinktober 

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That chick doesn't write often but when she does, its for Kinktober.
kinktober by Kinkiest July 12, 2018
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proper lad 

a lad that is such a lad that he is a proper lad
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person2: ya he was a proper lad
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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
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