tour de force

A grand endeavor or trial of much difficulty.
(French expression, not directly translated/cultural saying.)

Getting a 3-pointer from downtown is a tour de force. Or, climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro is quite a tour de force.

tour de force by Smkngmgc June 15, 2004

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Tour de force

When you stick you thumb up your anus, remove it, then suck on it like a baby

A: sup?
B: Are you sucking on your thumb?
A: Nah B, doing a little tour de force

Tour de force by Dairydeliverydad October 25, 2020

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EGOTISTICAL TOUR-DE-FORCE

Nonsensical Cinematography term used when you don't understand a single thing about the movie, so you are obliged to say something faux-meaningful about the director. Originally used in late 1980's in Limerick, Ireland by amateur would-be film critics before spreading urban areas and thence internationally (BMC)

"I felt the film used a mishmash of several differing genres and tropes, but my main comment would be that for the director, it was an egotistical tour-de-force'

EGOTISTICAL TOUR-DE-FORCE by BeeMacCee March 15, 2021

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One Man Tour-de-Force

A single person attempting and succeeding at a herculean effort, not achievable by mere mortals.

Aaron Peckham was a one man tour-de-force, creating UrbanDictionary.com and forever changing the english language all before he turned 30 years old. Unfortunately it was all down hill from there.

One Man Tour-de-Force by irrationaljared December 22, 2010

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tour de farce

a performance covering a ridiculous set of non-sequiturs or otherwise wildly unrelated achievements and situations

The band's performance surprised the large gathering with a tour de force of popular (and some not so popular) music from the 60's, 70's and 80's. The variety spanned from Elvis to the Eurythmics, Black Sabbath to The Beatles, Mungo Jerry to Lady Smith Black Mumbazo, Santana to Simple Minds. Maybe it was more "tour de farce"!

tour de farce by Big Mike the Bass Player December 14, 2013

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bang a you-ee

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"

hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee

bang a you-ee by Pistolero Pierro May 4, 2008

Word of the Day on July 19, 2026

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Fleg

The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.

"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"

Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013

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