ManBearPig
It leaves no one alive ... the ManBearPig is a monster from the adult cartoon South Park, warned about by a fictionalized version of Al Gore. It's become a pop-culture symbol of hoaxes or ridiculous beliefs.
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Bazinga!
Bazinga! It's an interjection used to rub a good joke in someone's face or cheer yourself on after a personal win, popularized as the catchphrase of the character Sheldon Cooper on the sitcom The Big Bang Theory. -
hot mess
You might be hot and you might be a mess, but are you a hot mess? Hot mess is used to describe a particularly disorganized person or chaotic situation. In some uses, a person described… -
flop account
Flop account is a term that describes a social-media account used to debate things that the poster deems a “flop” or “cringeworthy." -
Last Month In Pop Language: “I Like It” And Other July #1s
by Molly Rosen Marriner It’s another installment of Last Month in Pop Language, a column where the most popular (statistically) song, book, and film of the month will have their words analyzed in hopes of drawing a conclusion about language’s current usage—and future. At the end of each monthly column, we’ll draw a conclusion: Was last month’s pop language masterly, malevolent, or merely meh? Film: Ant-Man and the Wasp …
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This Word Of The Day Quiz Contains No Improbity!
It may be nubilous outside, but you’ll feel sunshine and rainbows while taking this new Word of the Day Quiz … we’re sure of it. If the quiz doesn’t display, please try opening in the Chrome browser. Interested in Words of the Day from the past? Check out this one that we brought to life … Not sure what some of the definitions of these words …
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cock-block
Cock-blocking is the action of preventing someone (usually a man) from having sex by intentionally or unintentionally stopping (blocking) someone else's cock from reaching its intended destination. This behavior could be driven by jealousy, competition, genuine concern… -
cis
Cis is short for cisgender, which refers to when a person's gender identity corresponds to their sex as assigned at birth. Cisgender is the opposite of transgender. -
In My Feelings Challenge
The In My Feelings Challenge is the name for a viral dance trend in which people dance outside of an open car door to the song "In My Feelings" by rapper Drake. -
if you can’t handle me at my worst
If you can't handle me at my worst ... you don't deserve me at my best. This expression is a meme in which people pair a bad image with a better counterpart, used by people to… -
manosphere
Are you a meninist? Advocate of men’s rights? Just plain hate womankind? Then the manosphere might be the place for you! As for the rest of the population, y'all probably wanna steer clear … The… -
Jitters And Other Trending Words On Dictionary.com
LeBron James was as excited as a kid on Christmas Eve and so were football fans. So, what effect did that have on the Dictionary.com trending words of July 27th–August 3rd, 2018? Let’s take a look! Inviolability An announcement by Pope Francis sent one word soaring 441% this week: inviolability. The pontiff issued a statement condemning the use of the death penalty, “because it is …