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Compound Splinter 

(n.) a splinter that is so big that it goes all the way through your finger, breaking the skin a second time. It really hurts.
Man #1: "Hey BChil, can you help us get these wooden steps in place in front of the stage?"
BChil: "Sure. I could really use a good compound splinter right about now..."
Compound Splinter by BChil June 29, 2015

The Splinter Cell 

The art of Splinter Cell-ing involves entering a cubicle and graciously performing a dump, without touching the surrounding toilet floor or the toilet itself. This can be performed as a simple one-person challenge, or be used as a practical joke by remaining off the floor undetected until the next user of said cubicle enters and the surprise is released.
Jake: I just used the toilet, and felt a dripping on my head, I looked up to see Sam Fisher himself about to shit on my head
Steve: That's the best performance of The Splinter Cell ever!

wig splitter 

An ass kicker in prison. As in he'll split your wig.
Homey is a stone cold wig splitter

Catching Splinters 

A figurative term originating in the South used by one who is driving a car with wood grain on the steering wheel.
"I'ma be working wood wheel and catching splinters, riding twenty inches or better on chrome." -Paul Wall, Chunk Up The Deuce

Splinter Lip 

Is a Pop band with Death Metal influences. The band was formed in the wintery landscape of Amherst Massachusetts. With the lyrical genius of Jonathon Greene as their backdrop, the members of Splinter Lip took the Facebook/Youtube community by storm with over 125 views of their first single "Roy G. Biv" while their second single is still on the rise. Splinter Lip credited their sucess to Beefeater london gin and a glass elephant. They plan on a full tour in the summer of 2010.
Did you guys hear the new Splinter Lip song on youtube the other day. Twas epic!!!!!
Splinter Lip by NeckroSnatcher March 2, 2010

Beard splinter 

A sharp, slender piece of facial hair broken off from a beard and stuck in your finger. Usually caused from rubbing your beard and can be painful.
M: So how was your day?
B: Pretty rough, actually. Lots of boring meetings, and then I got a beard splinter.
M: You got a what?
B: A splinter in my finger. From my beard.
Beard splinter by leighstarfish October 15, 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!
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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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