swirlie

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noun

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.”

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Meanings

nounswirlie (plural swirlies)

plural swirlies · alternative swirly · alternative swirley

  1. school slangA 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.

    1 more example

    [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

Origin

From swirl + -ie.

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APA

swirlie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swirlie

MLA

“swirlie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swirlie. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “swirlie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swirlie.

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