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street surgeon

A black market doctor; usually someone who counts showing up for one class of med school as experience, who will perform crude medical procedures for cash. It usually is someone who patches up gangsters who have been shot, does black market organ donations or back-alley abortions. His office can be usually be found in an alley or conveniently from the trunk of his car.
"I couldn't afford my next mortgage payment; and needed the cash to avoid foreclosure, so I decided to sell my left kidney and spleen. I found a street surgeon who is more than willing to remove and sell them for a good price."
street surgeon by Dr. Claw January 25, 2009

street surgeon

Another name for a road worker.
"Hey, why aren't you taking 5th ave?"
"Street surgeons are performing an operation there, traffic is going to be backed up all the way to midtown."
street surgeon by Toomanygs December 1, 2021

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."
Word of the Day on June 2, 2026

🤡🫵🏻

How to say "you're an idiot/clown" using only emojis.
Person 1: Insert completely incorrect and/or idiotic statement here
Person 2: 🤡🫵🏻
Word of the Day on June 1, 2026
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
Word of the Day on May 31, 2026
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
An armpit enthusiast — typically of the scent, appearance, and touch of hairy underarms.
That dude’s such a pitpig, I have to wear deodorant to keep him at bay.
Pitpig by wimbledon May 28, 2026
Word of the Day on May 29, 2026