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Hoodini
Hoodini is a magic owl character used as an inside joke in internet and gaming culture. -
you’re doing amazing, sweetie
If you ever need to let a friend know how awesome they are, tell them you're doing amazing, sweetie. The catchphrase comes from a 2007 episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians. It spread on… -
hit dog
Hit dog comes from the expression a hit dog will holler, meaning that a very defensive reaction to an accusation can be an admission of guilt. -
🌭 Hot Dog emoji
The hot dog emoji is most often used to accompany messages about food, baseball, small dogs—and penises. Related words: baseball emoji dog face emoji hamburger emoji slice of pizza emoji eggplant emoji -
Fall In Love With 14 Captivating Valentine’s Day Words
Love is a many splendored thing. That must be why there are so many ways to talk about it. Thanks to love songs, poetry, music, movies, and art, the language of love seems to be constantly expanding, and what better time to brush up on the myriad ways to express your love and affection than on Valentine’s Day? You might be working on a few …
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New Terms We Added To Our Slang Dictionary
Why is everyone suddenly tweeting about OK boomer? What is that Baby Yoda meme all up in our feeds about? And who are Becky and Karen, anyways? Oh, we’ve got this. We love keeping up with the latest terms in slang and getting to the bottom of the funniest, strangest, and, yes, thorniest trends in pop culture and social media. We love it so much, …
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Where Did The Acronyms POTUS And FLOTUS Come From?
The faster we move, the more abbreviations and acronyms we use, and when it comes to talking about the folks who reside at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue—otherwise known as the White House—there are plenty of acronyms to choose from. The White House has always been home to POTUS (President of the United States). As we have yet to have a female or gay president, if the …
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Can You Run For President Using A Nickname?
In the upcoming presidential election, Americans will get to choose between the two major candidates: Donald Trump of the Republican Party and Joe Biden of the Democratic Party. Or, as his name will more than likely appear on the ballot, Joseph R. Biden. “Joe” is such a common nickname of “Joseph” that we often forget that celebrities such as Joe Jonas and Joe Frazier aren’t …
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We Had ChatGPT Coin Nonsense Phrases—And Then We Defined Them
by Nick Norlen, Senior Editor Like everyone else, we’ve been playing with ChatGPT, the program that uses AI to generate text modeled on a vast database of existing writings. But instead of prompting it to produce a natural-sounding passage, we wanted to find out: can it compile unnatural-sounding phrases—ones that don’t exist in any known piece of published writing? The base prompt was simple: “Compose …
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40 Genericized Trademarks You Probably Say (And Use) Every Day
Legally, to trademark something means to make it so that only one company can make money off of something with that name. You might not realize it, but many of the seemingly generic words we use all of the time are or were registered trademarks. This is often a problem for companies who want to avoid their lucrative trademarks being killed by “genericide,” meaning they …
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I’m feeling lucky
I’m feeling lucky conveys hope for or optimism about a chance outcome, especially gambling. It is also the name of a Google search function.