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Zohnerism 

The act of presenting true, but misleading facts to confuse scientifically illiterate people.

It was named when a teenager named Nathan Zohner sought to ban the chemical "Dihydrogen monoxide" from public use. Zohner stated the following things about "Dihydrogen Monoxide"

-It is colorless and tasteless

-It can easily cause suffocation (especially in its liquid form)

-It can burn your skin at high temperatures

-If too much of it is consumed, it can cause a feeling of being bloated, and possibly even death

-And to top it all off, it is present in EVERY stream, river, pond, etc. in the world

...And so on. Zohner then asked his classmates to vote on whether or not to ban "Dihydrogen monoxide." The vote was yes by an extremely large margin. It was at this point that Zohner revealed the trick: Dihydrogen monoxide is much better known by a much more simple name...WATER! Everything he stated about WATER was true; he just distorted them in such a way to make it sound extremely dangerous. Thus, the term "Zohnerism" was born.
Another example of a Zohnerism would be for someone to say that people should not "Touch their pussies" in front of other people, and saying that it's "Unsanitary" or it "Gets hair everywhere" This is technically true, so naturally people would be supportive of it. But the word "Pussy" can also refer to a cat, which the other people did not understand; by exploiting the dirty minds of his peers, the person just tricked his peers into agreeing that people should not pet their cats in front of other people; but he didn't lie to them at all.
Zohnerism by Ubeenbamboozledson January 2, 2022
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zonner • Zoner • Zonker • zonger • Zenner • zonder • zonkered • Zonne • zonned • Zooner

nick zinner 

extremely good looking guitarist of Yeah Yeah Yeahs. very talented and easily makes up for the lack of bass in the band with his skill in guitar. has toured with conor oberst of bright eyes and has a side project with karen O called unitard. nick has also had a published book of photographs he has taken called 'i hope you are all happy now'. nick is known for wearing all black and for being thin and pale.
nick zinner is fucking hot
nick zinner by terryterryterry July 29, 2006
A word for cocaine, used in Bulgarian slang
I want to snuff Zonder, Zonder!!!
zonder by Krivak November 6, 2006

nick zinner 

yeah yeah yeahs guitarist. he has amazing skill and is also very sexy. often referred to as the "skinniest guitarist alive"...which is probably not true...but i would say that he's the skinniest guitarist alive with actual talent.
nick zinner is still better than jack white
nick zinner by alissenn manssenn November 6, 2004

Zooner pics 

Taking pictures with your close friend(s) to post up on a social networking site such as Facebook or Myspace.

See Zoon
Matt, wanna take some Zooner pics?
Yo, are we taking Zooner pics tonight?
Zooner pics by boatppd2 February 2, 2009

Nick Zinner 

The guitarist of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs hes a really good guitarist he plays good melodies in his songs.He could make his guitar sound like a bass.He has the coolest hair style.he has a tatoo on his left arm of a star.He has a deep voice.
NICK'S GEAR
Fender Stratocaster (Japanese model, circa 1985)

Fender Hot Rod DeVille 212 combo amp

Mesa/Boogie Mark III combo amp

Boss DM-3 analog delay pedal

Boss DD-6 digital delay pedal

Roland Space Echo

ProCo Turbo Rat distortion pedal

Zoom RhythmTrak RT-123 drum machine

Vox Pathfinder 15 amp (for drum machine)
Nick Zinner by John Fru June 11, 2004
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Instead of doing my homework, I decided to piddlefart around for two hours.
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28 hours and 4 clubs later, gurning for england but still refusing to go home - a total wrongun!!
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