speed wobbles

When a skateboard begins to tightly swerve back and forth from left to right with increasing velocity until the skateboard begins to undulate so rapidly that the rider is usually thrown from the board.

I was doing some downhill skateboarding and I went so fast that I got the speed wobbles and got pitched into the street.

speed wobbles by Marcus Solomon December 3, 2007

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speed wobbles

A state of shakiness a rider experiences while hitting a high speed on a board typically accompanied by an adrenaline rush and/or a state of panic.

Dude: Dude, bro, I would have totally stuck that turn but I got the speed wobbles half way down the hill and I knew it was time to bail!
Dude, bro: Poser...

speed wobbles by Molly C August 22, 2006

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Speed Wobble

When a "chubby" person hits their maximum speed potential and begins to wobble, the wobble usually results in the "speed wobble" subject on the floor in a fat heap. in Pain. Crying. Sweating.

Kid1: Oh damn dude, that kid just totally had a speed wobble!
Kid2: Yeah! I think he poo'd himself too.

Speed Wobble by ReinventingTheEnglishLanguage August 25, 2010

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A Booger In The Nose Of Progress

Anything that impedes or otherwise interferes with a process going forward.

"Militarily, that inquest was a booger in the nose of progress."

or

"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."

A Booger In The Nose Of Progress by Rok'n'rol Wannabe October 19, 2006

Word of the Day on June 2, 2026

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🤡🫵🏻

How to say "you're an idiot/clown" using only emojis.

Person 1: Insert completely incorrect and/or idiotic statement here
Person 2: 🤡🫵🏻

🤡🫵🏻 by Ubeenbamboozledson May 31, 2026

Word of the Day on June 1, 2026

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fogey

Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!

You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)

fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005

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Jarlic

Minced garlic in a jar

Add a tablespoon of jarlic to two teaspoons of butter and spread it in bread to make garlic bread

Jarlic by YSAC fanboy June 6, 2020

Word of the Day on May 30, 2026

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