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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

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'

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.

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"!
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Failure Shower 

When you fail at something in life (eg. failing an exam or not getting a job), go home and spend an hour just standing in the shower, propping yourself up against the wall with your eyes on your feet.
Caleb knew the only thing to do after he didnt get prefect was take a failure shower.
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Acronym for Non-Athletic Regular Person. Your schools lacrosse team probably shouts it at you while you walk by.
Lookie at these bunch of narps, NARP NARP NARP
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High School Liquid 

A person who can freely travel between and fit in with all high school social groups and classes.
He is high school liquid, he ate lunch with the nerds and hung out with the jocks after school.
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Purple Patch 

To describe coming into something good, coming into good luck and or good times.

Like walking over small green hills in the countryside then coming across a purple patch of flowers, thus it being unique and out of the ordinary.
I hit a real purple patch.

The other day this good thing happened unexpectedly then I was lucky with this, it was unique, I hit a real purple patch.
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