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swirlie

swirlie noun: a mode of school bullying involving holding a person upside down over a toilet bowl, submerging their head, then flushing water.

Noun

swirlie (plural swirlies)

  1. (school slang) A mode of school bullying involving holding a person upside down over a toilet bowl, submerging their head, then flushing water.
    • I gave this nerd a swirlie.
    • [Tom Gribalski:] In my other school, five guys held my head in a toilet, and then flushed it.
      [Alan Twitty:] You got a swirlie. That's vile!2000 September 23, Dennis Rinsler, “Scrub Day”, in Even Stevens, season 1, episode 9

Forms of swirlie

pluralswirlies
alternative formswirly
alternative formswirley

Origin of swirlie

From swirl + -ie.

Questions about swirlie

What does swirlie mean?
Swirlie means a mode of school bullying involving holding a person upside down over a toilet bowl, submerging their head, then flushing water.
What part of speech is swirlie?
Swirlie is a noun.
What is the plural of swirlie?
The plural of swirlie is swirlies.

Words near swirlie in the dictionary

  1. swirler
  2. swirlers
  3. swirley
  4. swirlhole
  5. swirlholes
  6. swirlie
  7. swirlier
  8. swirlies
  9. swirliest
  10. swirliness
  11. swirling

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