The GUMS

An imaginary aliment suffered occasional by office employees. Actually an acronym that stands for "gotta use my sick-time." Used to describe someone who calls in sick without actually being sick simply to use up sick time before it expires.

"Bob is out sick today? I hope it's nothing serious"
"Nah, I think he just has a case of The GUMS"

The GUMS by TheAdamBomb13 November 13, 2018

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The Gums

The act of one person almost solely carrying a conversation with another person. Often the "conversation" is more of a lecturing or complaining by the person talking.

That broad kept giving me the gums, she wouldn't shut up.

The Gums by Soup April 11, 2005

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poppin off at the gums

Saying you wanna fight but not doing anything.

Lisa was poppin off at the gums at gym today.

poppin off at the gums by TheREALBADBOY September 6, 2014

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thumbing-the-gums

A scholarly term for female masturbation.

"It doesn't matter that Brad didn't call because I'm busy thumbing-the-gums anyway."

thumbing-the-gums by Nora J. April 24, 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."

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"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

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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

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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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