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Law of the Lesser Percentile

The law that states whichever phone is at a lower percent gets priority on the charger. Given there is only one charger, the lower percent gets access even if someone else is currently using it. They must give it up.
Tony, give me the charger! The Law of the lesser percentile states that you have to give it to me considering I’m at 12% and you’re at 45%!

Perceptisonic Lag 

The amount of time, at a live performance by a popular band, between the beginning of a song and the beginning of the wave of applause signifying that the audience has realised which song is being played.
A: Man, the Perceptisonic Lag on that song was huge... Did those idiots not know what they were listening to?
B: They did play it pretty different from the album version...
A: Yeah, I guess so. But I knew what it was.
Perceptisonic Lag by unfairrobot December 19, 2012

PERFECTISH 

having the negative qualities of almost being perfect
Person 1"the hole i drilled was perfectish"
Person 2"perfectish?"
Person 1"perfectly round just a little off centered"

The idea of a drive-thru liquor store is perfectish.
PERFECTISH by Archangel666 July 30, 2009

Pervertish 

To mention/talk/perform acts which are classed as perverted or naughty.
"stop being so Pervertish!"
Pervertish by Lee & Andrea December 14, 2006

PerceptIS 

an IT support company, that works exclusively with Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. This company is probably the worst IT service provider in existence. The continually wrongly diagnose problems with computers, usually assessing that they issues are more severe then they actually are. No matter the desperation you find yourself in, do not resort to taking your computer there to be repaired, as they will usually damage it further, or be of no help, however they are prompt to bill you!
Kid 1: Dude did PerceptIS get your computer fixed?
Kid 2: No, i brought it in because i was missing the "F" key, but they ended up setting it on fire and now its a charred pice of garbage.
PerceptIS by CaseKid May 7, 2008

percential

Pertains to value percentage. The quality of assigning a percentage value to one's attribute worth. Originates from Mary J Blige's usage in her song "Your Child."
She's one-hundred percential.
percential by Adam Kramer March 21, 2008
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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."
Word of the Day on September 25, 2026
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
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A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.
Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.
Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026
Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

murderhobo 

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021
Word of the Day on September 22, 2026
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