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al desko 

Do you have crumbs all over your computer keyboard as you read the news, do a bit of shopping or book a holiday on the Internet? Whatever happened to the time when our lunch break was a welcome excuse to leave the office and picnic in the fresh air? There are so many more reasons to eat al desko (while sitting at your desk) rather than al fresco.
I have so much work to do... I'll just eat a sandwich al desko today.
al desko by chrissy90 December 14, 2008
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dining al desko 

To eat lunch at your desk.
A: Are you coming to the canteen for lunch?
B: No, I'm afraid I'm dining al desko today.
dining al desko by Ian Chode July 15, 2004
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al desco 

Eating lunch at your desk
Lunchtime Food Goes al Desco
al desco by Berit01 April 2, 2009
To consume a meal, often lunch, at one's desk. Commonly used by office workers under pressure.
Q "Hey, want to go out for lunch?
A "Can't, got to finish this memo by 2. Sadly, I'll be dining aldesko".
aldesko by CA77 June 3, 2007
Cigarette: Northern slang for a cigarette, used oft by mashed up mancunian ravers becasue of the resemblance of a hot(electric)stove to the end of a lit cigarette. Originated circa 1991 in the early halcyon days of the rave culture; we speculate during a drug fuelled hallucination by said manc.
'fuck me noel, i am bolloxed, is that a ciggy in your mouth, or the stove from me 'nans kitchen'/
General use: 'Give us a stove you cunt'
stove by anthony willison March 18, 2004
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Walky-Talky 

A derogatory term for able bodied people or people that can walk. This definition was coined by disabled influencer Valerie Weber
Person in wheelchair: “look at that walky-talky over there.”

Friend in wheelchair: *looking at person who is walking* “yeah haha
Walky-Talky by odd muffin October 5, 2021
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Scrapnel 

(N) :
All pieces left over after an art project or home improvement.
"After we made the decorations for the party, there was 'scrapnel' all over the floor"
Scrapnel by IceSniper February 22, 2025
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