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tennis shoe Ernie 

The most famous geriatric in all of the greater Steubenville metropolitan area, known for driving his scooter in negative 30 degree weather. His cleaning equipment is held in two giant tubes protruding from the back of his scooter. You can usually catch him washing a window or sitting on the sidewalk.
Man, did you see tennis shoe Ernie bookin' it down sunset today?
tennis shoe Ernie by comaco November 26, 2010
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email tennis 

A seemingly endless interchange of emails without any useful outcome.
"I'm getting hacked off with this email tennis ...where's it getting us ?"
"Let's end the email tennis. What do you REALLY want?"
email tennis by Marshallasthefish December 11, 2007

Tennis Shoe Money 

Somewhere between dirt poor and F*#% You Money. It's the initial indicator of modern financial freedom, allowing a person who has Tennis Shoe Money to wear trendy athletic shoes while conducting business activities that would otherwise demand a different class of foot wear. Generally centered around tech start ups, Tennis Shoe Money has spread to other business sectors.
What's up with the silver sneakers at the office?

He's got Tennis Shoe Money.
Tennis Shoe Money by Izri Simms March 1, 2011

New scott the woz video on Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash 

@Scottthewoz May 31, 2020
Look up the definition for "new Scott The Woz episode on Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash" I dare you and I swear to god if this tweet isn't next to it I will totally understand I literally just typed all of this right now, Merriam Webster isn't a god
Net Meister: Hey Dudes and dudettes have you seen the New scott the woz video on Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash ?

Dudes and dudettes: Yeah man it was pretty radical
Tennae is a type fruit its very sweet and can stab you if u touch the skin of the tennae
This tennae tastes great!
tennae by little chimp June 29, 2017

Table tennis volleyball 

A game that mixes the best of table tennis and volleyball. It was started in Oxford in 2009 and spread to London in 2010.
Let's go play some table tennis volleyball, it's awesome!
Table tennis volleyball by FunkyLemon November 19, 2011
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proper lad 

a lad that is such a lad that he is a proper lad
person1:did you see bob
person2: ya he was a proper lad
Word of the Day on October 29, 2026
The number of years you are still sexually active
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
Word of the Day on October 28, 2026
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
Word of the Day on October 27, 2026
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
Word of the Day on October 26, 2026

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!
Word of the Day on October 24, 2026
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