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To become fed up, irritated, or completely exhausted by something or someone, especially after putting up with it for too long.

Originates from the Middle English term for syphilis.
"I'm getting the pox with this stupid fucking computer, it keeps turning itself off."

"I'm getting the pox with you, mate!"

"I tried fixing my Reliant Robin myself, but I got the pox with it and called a mechanic."

"I've got the pox with Fred today, he's being a proper arsehole."

"I'm gonna get the right pox if this carries on."
the pox by ultimateharibo March 14, 2025
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The Pox-Eclipse 

(derived from apocalypse)
A pus-filled apocalypse exacerbated by anti-vaxxers’ denial of science.

see Mad Max Wasteland
Looking behind us now, across the count of time, down the long haul into history back. I sees the end what were the start.

It's the POX-ECLIPSE, full of pain!

And out of it were birthed crackling dust and fearsome time.

The Sox Pox 

Another name for The Curse of the Bambino, which has since been broken in 2004.
The Sox Pox is broken. Now it's been 4 World Series for them since, incidentally the same number of times Donald Trump has filed for bankruptcy.
The Sox Pox by Ereck Flowers November 8, 2018

🤡🫵🏻

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