Cards Against Humanity Card Glossary Meanings Explained

One of the frustrating things when playing a card game is running into cards you have no idea what they mean. When playing Cards Against Humanity, especially one of the themed expansions, that happens way more often than you’d expect.

While many of the cards reference historical events, political satire, celebrities, or random situations, there are a few abstract concepts that can leave players confused. Due to this, we decided to explain all the weird cards in Cards Against Humanity packs. 

• “An Oedipus complex.” – Oedipus’s (or Oedipal) complex was used in the theory of psychosexual stages of development by Sigmund Freud. To put it more simply, it was used to describe a child who is unconsciously sexually attracted to their opposite-sex parent, and frustration/jealousy toward their same-sex parent (considered like a rival).
• “Pixelated bukkake.” – To pixelate something means to divide it into pixels. A bukkake is the action of multiple men ejaculating on one person, which makes it a sexual activity. So, a pixelated bukkake is the action of multiple men ejaculating on one person, being divided into pixels.
• “Seppuku.” – Seppuku is another term for hara-kiri. It is a ritual suicide that used to be practiced with a sword by samurai. Seppuku was practiced in Japan with more respect than other forms of execution.
• “Leprosy.” – Leprosy (Hansen’s disease) is a disease caused by a type of bacteria. It causes problems and damages the nerves mostly. If left untreated, it can affect your eyes, causing blindness, and damage the nerves, which can even result in paralysis and crippling of hands and feet.
• “Smegma. According to Google, “Smegma is a sebaceous secretion in the folds of the skin, especially under a man’s foreskin”. It happens in male and female genitals.
• “Synergistic management solutions.” – Synergistic means working together in a way that produces a greater effect than the sum of individual efforts. Management solutions mean strategies to improve business efficiency. Together, it’s basically a satirical corporate phrase.
• “PrEP.” – “PrEP” is found in the Pride Pack of Cards Against Humanity, and stands for pre-exposure prophylaxis. It is a pill for those who think they have a risk of being exposed to HIV to prevent getting it. 
• “Stifling a giggle at the mention of Hutus and Tutsis.” / “Helplessly giggling at the mention of Hutus and Tutsis.”– Hutus are the Bantu-speaking people; they make up most of Rwanda and Burundi’s population. However, they were dominated by the Tutsi people, who were a minority in Rwanda, and then started dominating the Hutus. Therefore, there was a huge ethnic violence in 1994 between the Hutus and Tutsi, mostly in Rwanda.
• “Heteronormativity.” – It’s the belief that heterosexuality is the only way to go. Meaning, that norm, that way of understanding heterosexuality as the one normal/natural sexuality is called heteronormativity. 
• “Necrophilia.” – Defines the condition of someone being sexually attracted to corpses, or them having sexual intercourse with them. 
• “The Übermensch.” – It was first used by Nietzsche as a philosophical concept. It represents a demigod. 
• “The Three-Fifths compromise.” – This refers back to the time when there was an agreement at the United States Constitutional Convention about the counting of the slaves. We’re talking 1987. Long story short, 5 enslaved people counted as 3 in the state’s population.
• “The Trail of Tears.” – This is also known as the Indian Removal. It refers to the time (1830-1850) when the United States forced over 60,000 Native Americans to relocate. 
• “Chungo” – The word “Chungo” is mentioned in the Family Edition of CAH. The word Chungo is usually used for oversized things/animals.
• “j15 patriot assault box” – It’s mentioned in the Box Expansion of CAH: j15 sounds like a military code or model number (like a jet or weapon), patriot refers to something nationalistic (also a real missile system), assault suggests attack or combat, and box adds absurdity.
• “Jibber-jabber.” – It is an expression highly used by Mr. T, and it’s like another word for “bla bla-ing”.However, Jibber Jabber was also a Canadian kids’ animated series!
• “Ennui.” – mentioned in the Blue Box, ennui is a lack of excitement when you have nothing to do. It is pretty much another word for boredom. 
• “A gossamer stream of jizz that catches the light as it arcs through the morning air.” – After much research, we’ve concluded: this phrase is a super-complicated way to say masturbating in the morning.
• “Boppin’ my flopper.” – Based on what Urban Dictionary has taught us, this term is another word for self-sexual stimulation, mostly referring to males. 
• “Me jubbly bubblies.” – Jubbly is a playful or euphemistic way to refer to breasts. Bubbles means carbonated beverages, including alcoholic ones, especially champagne. Now, the person who made this card probably loves both female breasts & champagne.
• “Pigglewink”- A piggle could be another word for digging, but also an animal that is related to pigs, a third cousin, maybe. We all know what a wink is. Winking your eye. Now, just put it all together!
• “Da Clurb” – Based on some explanations, Da Clurb’s meaning is consuming fish on top of 5 women. However, we like to believe that they were referring to the ‘Da Clurb’ of TikTok, which basically means that we’re all part of a club.
• “Muchin’ Puss” – It’s a card in the Green Box, and it’s just another phrase for saying eating pussy. 
• “Kneevis” – It’s available only in Picture Pack 1. Now, the picture shows the knee and the face of a man, probably because the skin on our knee looks… weird, like a face. Well, his name could be Elvis, Evis, Vis, or whatever.
• Red Card With Numbers – Where the number 3 is placed, it is meant to be the letter C, right? 1 has taken the place of F, 4 has taken the place of K, and lastly, 2 has taken the place of U. Let’s put it all together in order: 1234 writes F*CK!

• “Cybering with Dieselman89” – Now, cybering refers to the expression of sexual content online, and Dieselman89 is just a username on social media. Hope he isn’t offended.
• “BNP” – Although it isn’t clear why they really mentioned it, BNP stands for Brain Natriuretic Peptide, which is a protein hormone produced by the heart, usually under increased stress.
• “Making her bajinkles bajoink.” – This card is found in the Hot Box, and doesn’t have an explainable meaning. It sounds dirty, though; it’s up to you how you want to interpret it. 
• “Slappy spatchy” – It’s a phrase used in the Family Edition, which refers to a new game, possibly something with spatulas. 
• “Bound gangbang” – Bound stands for bondage, meaning when a person is physically restrained, usually because of BDSM play. Gangbang means a scenario where one person has sexual intercourse with several others.
• “Bimpy, the small styrofoam ball we all jack off to.” – Found in the Absurd Box, this card is absurd. Yep, that’s all about it. 

From now on, whenever you don’t understand a card in any of the Cards Against Humanity games, you can come back to this article and quickly find what it means. With so many references to political situations, inside jokes, and pop culture humor, it’s completely normal to get confused sometimes. And luckily, our guide exists!