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Ian-shot 

Firing a blackpowder, flintlock firearm, sideways.

Only existing footage of such is found in the Smosh "Assassin's Creed 3"song, in which George Washington, played by Ian Hecox, fires a flintlock pistol sideways, an operation considered impossible given the powder in the pan would spill, thus not firing at it's most effiently if held normally. Yet in the video, at a time stamp of 2:46, "George Washington" pops the shot like a thug, holdin' his flinty like a Glock and pops it off like a gangsta, thus creating the theory of, the "Ian-Shot," (as in Ian the man that created it).
Guy 1: Holy f**k bro. They be -ith right infront of us.

Guy 2: I'm going to make history yo.

Guy 1: Wait! Thou weapon dost not fire sideways!

*Guy 2 goes "Ian-Shot"

Guy 2: "Ridin over your clique like the Delaware son!"

Guy 1: oh f**k!
Ian-shot by J-Thatch November 23, 2024

Anti-realism of the Laws of Physics

A philosophical position holding that the laws of physics are not descriptions of an independent reality but rather human constructions—useful tools for prediction, elegant summaries of regularities, or convenient fictions that help us navigate experience. Anti-realism about physical laws asserts that electrons, forces, and fields are concepts, not things; that equations describe our experience, not reality-in-itself; that scientific success doesn't require truth, just empirical adequacy. This position draws on the history of theory change (past theories were "true" but abandoned), underdetermination (multiple theories fit the same data), and the recognition that observation is theory-laden. Anti-realism doesn't deny that science works; it just denies that working proves correspondence to an independent reality. The laws are our maps, not the territory.
Anti-realism of the Laws of Physics Example: "Her anti-realism of physical laws meant she saw quantum mechanics as a brilliant predictive tool, not a description of reality-as-it-is. When the math worked, she celebrated the tool, not insight into the noumenal world. The map is useful; the territory remains unknown."

DrunkedOut

Occurs when you have been drunk so long that you don't want to be drunk anymore.
Dude.. I'm DrunkedOut.
DrunkedOut by DrunkedOut November 2, 2012
Charging an exorbitent interest rate for borrowed money. Considered a criminal act in many countries.
Chase Bank recently raised it's interest rate on credit cards to 32.24%. This is usury at its finest.
usury by Mark275 March 23, 2007
Word of the Day on July 21, 2019
look across the the street there go my opp
Opp by Casxnova December 13, 2023

Durnkwere 

An urban kid, posing as a "Cowboy". Usually wearing boots, a camo or brown, over-sized, jacket and in most cases a dip can in the back left region of their Wrangler's while at an institution of learning (high school) in a moderately large city.
Person 1- "Look at that pack o' Durnkwere's"
Person 2- "Yeah i stepped in their spit pile yesterday"
Durnkwere by Schroedinger's Cat April 24, 2011
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