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Definition of horrorshow
horrorshow
adjective
- very good, excellent; "cool". Origin: "horrorshow" is the phonetic spelling of a Russian word meaning "excellent." Entered Western pop culture with the 1960's book A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess and the movie adaptation directed by Stanley Kubrick.
I thought the movie was horrorshow.
- See more words with the same meaning: good, okay, cool, awesome, fun.
Last edited on Jan 19 2011. Submitted by Will Carpenter from Tallulah, LA, USA on Jul 11 1997.
noun
- an event, process, etc. in which many things go wrong.
Development of the new model was a complete horrorshow.
- See more words with the same meaning: a mess.
Last edited on Sep 08 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 08 2012.
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| Definitions include: to look disorderly, undesirable. | |
| Definitions include: of superior quality, excellent; "cool". | |
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| Definitions include: messy, trashy, or dilapidated. | |
| Definitions include: less common spelling of blivit. | |
| Definitions include: a mess; something useless; something unappealing. | |
| Definitions include: something extremely disorganized. | |
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| Definitions include: hung-over from alcohol. | |
| Definitions include: bad, of poor quality. | |
| Definitions include: shit, usually in a good sense. | |
| Definitions include: good. | |
| Definitions include: excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: excellent. | |
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| Definitions include: Very Cool. Awesome. | |
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| Definitions include: "I'm straight." | |
| Definitions include: stolen. | |
| Definitions include: very good, cool, awesome | |
| Definitions include: "cool"; "awesome"; "sweet". | |
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| Definitions include: a very early time in the morning. | |
| Definitions include: a person who often stays up late at night, or is more productive at night. | |
| Definitions include: shortened form of the word "decent". | |
| Definitions include: See all-nighter. | |
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| Definitions include: dead people or persons. | |
| Definitions include: head. |
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