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My hovercraft is full of eels 

A quote from a Monty Python sketch. Used whenever someone is trying to speak a foreign language to you, but they're either doing it wrong or you don't understand.

A Hungarian tourist goes into a cigar shop looking for a box of matches, but doesn't speak English, so he brings a badly-written phrasebook with him. When he tries to ask for matches, he ends up saying "My hovercraft is full of eels?"
Tourist: "Ah, ah, my hovercraft is full of eels?"
Clerk: "What?"
Tourist points to matches: "My hovercraft is full of eels!"
Clerk picks up matches: "Oh, this?"
Tourist: "Yes!"

hovercraft 

to hover over a public toilet for a number two.
You're going to have to hovercraft that porta potty because someone has splatted the seat.
hovercraft by DirtyWaterbury July 16, 2014

Hovercrafting 

The act of hovering over a toilet while you crap, and spray-dusting the whole top of the porcelain and/or wall.
I'll never step foot in this bathroom again until we find out who keeps hovercrafting.

Adj. : I went into the stall after Larry and immediately knew he had hovercrafted; as the seat, back and wall were covered in crap.
Hovercrafting by Infamousduck January 21, 2013

Hovercraft 

Similar to a motorboat, however the key difference is the girl has small breasts. The giver sticks his head over the breasts instead of between the breasts as they are too small.
That girls breasts were too small to motor boat, so I had to hovercraft them.
Hovercraft by Monkeybam September 11, 2011

hovercraft 

1: A hovercraft, or air-cushion vehicle (ACV), is a vehicle or craft that can be supported by a cushion of air ejected downwards against a surface close below it, and can in principle travel over any relatively smooth surface, such as gently sloping land, water, or marshland, while having no substantial contact with it.

2: Something that may, or may not be full of eels.

hovercraft 

When you HAVE to use a public bathroom and HAVE to use the stall, but the seats are too disgusting to actually sit on and there's no seat covers so you have to just pull down your pants and hover your butt over the side of the bowl and drop your load in like a hovercraft dropping shipments/torpedoes.
Dude, that toilet was so disgusting, I had to do the hovercraft!

Guy one: Eeeewwwww, this seat is nasty!
Guy two: Just hovercraft it, dude.
hovercraft by danethebrain January 17, 2008
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Slop Grenade

When someone uses AI to generate a large document, slide deck, or piece of code/software and tosses it over the fence for you to deal with.
Chad: Hey Brent I sent you the new backend API change to review, it’s only 100 files changed.

Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
Slop Grenade by Joe Squid September 28, 2026
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Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
After we broke up, he was floxi to me.
floxi by Dr. Geek May 13, 2009
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NYC people who migrate north to Quahog, RI to see the leaves in the fall.
New York and everyone from there can fornicate themselves with an iron stick.
leafers by ss++ February 8, 2005
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Respectfully 

Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.
Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.

After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.
Respectfully by john quan the first December 20, 2020
Word of the Day on September 26, 2026

You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

A moment in time where you feel distinctly Chinese over all other things.
Dante: "I wish I could be Nigerian, but I can't because I'm Chinese. You met me at a very Chinese time in my life."
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Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.

Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.
"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"
crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007
Word of the Day on September 24, 2026
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