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Lost Puppy 

A hopeless, affection-starved social retard who instantly falls in love with any female who acknowledges them.
Ever since I started sitting with Corey at lunch, he's been following me around like a lost puppy.
Lost Puppy by dLoaf November 4, 2009

Lost Puppy 

Someone completely incapable of doing their job and/or just simple task.
Today was horrible. I was stuck with a Lost Puppy and I had to pick up his slack all day.
Lost Puppy by B-Dev March 6, 2012

lost puppy 

someone who is from an abusive home life and is shielded by friends.
her friends treated her like a lost puppy, and wouldn’t let anyone touch her.
lost puppy by swimmerjazzy July 12, 2019

Lost Puppy 

One who becomes best friends with someone who has issues in some way; abusive family, bullied, etc..., and tries to fix the issues. Basically taking in strays.
Girl A: Wasn't Evelyn hanging out with Shylanne all the time last month? And now she's with Poppy all the time?

Girl B: Yeah she seems to be taking in strays.

Girl C: Maybe she has Lost Puppy Syndrome?

Girl B: Didn't Shylanne have a crappy family? And none of her friends liked her?

Girl A: Omg yes. And Poppy has an abusive family member or something. Maybe she hangs with Evelyn just to get away from that??

Lost Puppy Syndrome 

One who finds themselves only dating people who have issues that they feel like they could solve.

A person who is only attracted to people that have problems(drug addiction/abusive parents/ect.) and thinks they could protect and nurture them back to happiness.
Jenny has lost puppy syndrome, her last boyfriend was a recovering addict and now shes dating a guy that was raped by his own dad. She thinks she can change him, too bad the last one went back to drugs.

lost puppy syndrome 

When one who is in a relationship finds themselves constantly looking around for their significant other at seemingly random times in hopes the other will randomly appear.

Also used when texting, where there is a lull in the conversation and you finds yourself staring at your phone or checking it often to see if a new text has arrived that you somehow missed in the 3 seconds since you last checked.

Can be abbreviated LPS
Bob: What is Steve looking around for?
Charlie: He's hoping that Susan will show up any minute
Bob: Isn't she in Georgia?
Charlie: Yeah but he's got lost puppy syndrome... he can't help but looking around
lost puppy syndrome by nandjare1 December 18, 2009
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The striver is an interesting phenomenon that is seen across college campuses. In essence, the striver is an over-achiever who comes from a working or middle class family. He may be an immigrant. He may have been a slacker in HS who was "born again" into an academic wunderkind. Or he may just be an over-achiever who is keeping at it.

The striver is willing to sacrifice his social life at the expense of Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. The striver is the guy who stays at the library long after you are gone. The striver is the guy who takes 30 credits/semester and considers anything below an A/4.0 failure. The striver doesn't work on campus, he is too busy finding ways to pad his resume instead of working retail or workstudy. The striver lets his grades pay his education by applying to ten scholarships a year.

The striver is a future Soros/Fullbright/Rhodes/Gates/Marshall/etc. fellow. The striver lives to study. For the striver, their fun comes from the rewards they expect to receive in return for their diligence. Be it Law School, B-School, academia, or politics. The striver seeks to find the American Dream through academic success.
Anthony was a striver. He transfered from a TTT to an IVY and graduated in 2 years. He studied his ass off and went to Penn Law. He got a Biglaw offer. But lost it all because of an unmoderated mesasgeboard.

Successful strivers:
- Barack Obama
- Harold Koh
Striver by URM Striver January 3, 2009
Word of the Day on August 15, 2026

SkyPesos 

Delta SkyMiles, also known as SkyPesos, is the frequent flyer program of Delta Airlines. It has a very poor value and hard to use.
- I'm trying to book an award flight to Paris, but I only have 70,000 SkyPesos
- Just forget about it, you don't have enough SkyPesos to fly anywhere.
SkyPesos by 404_name_not_found December 6, 2018
Word of the Day on August 14, 2026
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