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Hark upon the Gale 

A line from the William and Mary alma mater song. The full verse goes:

"William and Mary, loved of old,
Hark upon the gale!
Hear the thunder of our chorus,
Alma mater hail!"

The college and the students use this phrase a lot, both seriously and in jokes. It is a well-known phrase to anyone at the college.
A few freshmen in the dining hall, loudly: "William and Mary, loved of old..."
Camille: Some freshmen are singing the Alma Mater agian.
Joey: Let's join them!
Camille: Are you serious?
Literally everyone in the dining hall: HARK UPON THE GALE! HEAR THE THUNDER OF OUR CHORUS...
Hark upon the Gale by naked streaker September 24, 2018
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Kingston-upon-Thames 

A great town in SW London, not in Surrey as someone else wrote. in fact, it hasn't been in Surrey since 1965, when they created Greater London. Has Kingston University, many good shops, pubs, and several large nightclubs. And the river Thames, of course. This is particularly popular with drunken students of a weekend in summer, who either sit beside it at one of the many riverside pubs, drinking, or, fall in and drown, or catch Weil's disease from the water coming from the sewage works farther up the Hogsmill river, which convieniently joins it near the aforesaid riverside pubs.
Did you you get accepted into Oxford uni then? No, but even better, I'm going to Kingston-upon-Thames!

Say for your 21st, let's go to Oceana in Kingston!
Kingston-upon-Thames by Musical Man December 30, 2010

A City upon a Hill

"A City upon a Hill" was the name John Winthrop gave to Boston.
"We shall be as a City upon a Hill. The eyes on the world are upon us."

Once Upon a Time in the West 

A western from '68, with Charles Bronson and Henry Fonda.

Charles Bronson is the revenger: Harmonica

Recorded in 2D - and the meanest western ever...
"Did you go to see the Avatar in 3D?"

"No i saw Once Upon a Time in the West, it's about a man playing the harmonica, and if that aint country, you can.... "

Once upon a time

A fantasy/drama show created by Edward Hitsis and Adam Horowitz on ABC. The show features of two sidelined plot on the "fantasy" world representing the magical fairytale land and the "real" world which is a fictional town called Storybrooke. Fairy tale characters are stuck in the town after a curse was brought by the Evil Queen. The Plot chronicles how characters deal with each other depending on their own motives as the story progresses on the curse being broken by Emma and then the aftermath when magic was brought to Storybrooke.

The main characters are Emma Swan played by Jennifer Morrison, the Evil Queen/Regina played by Lana Parrilla, Snow White/Mary Margaret played by Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold, Josh Dallas as Prince Charming/David Nolan and
Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills. Other characters are Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood/Wolf/Ruby
Emilie de Ravin as Belle.
Once upon a Time premiered on the fall of 2011.
Once upon a time by Nine Tails January 26, 2013

It insists upon itself 

Something most think is profound but in reality is pretentious and ostentatious.
Lois loved The Godfather, but Peter knew that it insists upon itself. He liked the Money Pit.
It insists upon itself by Ole Gil September 22, 2007
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murderhobo 

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021
Word of the Day on September 22, 2026
In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.
"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."
Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020
Word of the Day on September 21, 2026

Concrete cowboy 

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.
Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.
Word of the Day on September 20, 2026
any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear
hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh
hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026
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God Shot 

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".
Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."
God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011
Word of the Day on September 18, 2026

city chicken 

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.
Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?
city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006
Word of the Day on September 17, 2026
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