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Coronight 

Relating to the 2020 Covid-19 virus:
A legendary person who works in health care and is willing to sacrifice their life to help people fight a virus and receive aid. (Corona+knight)

Also: A legendary person who gets killed because of idiots who don't pay attention to social distancing.
My brother is a real coronight. He hasn't come home since the outbreak of the Coronavirus. I really miss him.
Coronight by Mahdi.English March 24, 2020

corplighting

A portmanteau of Corpspeak and Gaslighting.

Corplighting evolved spontaneously from the need to manage questions -- via blame deflection, positioning, and trending jargon. Corplighting optimizes the message and controls and minimizes information flow. It also undermines and subtly invalidates the premise, managing workforce mindset.
Today's all-hands meeting was 80% corplighting about WFH policy changes.
corplighting by s1gz3r0 June 16, 2023

copyright troll

A company or individual who buys or owns copyrights of content with the sole purpose of making money by suing people for infringement. Often done with content they never even created in the first place.
A copyright troll sued Steve for $150,000 because he downloaded their porn.
copyright troll by NewClear August 25, 2012

Gale Cartwright

An elderly man who tries to screw young women 29 and younger. Usally having to settle for porn to jack off to because no woman will ever really want him. He broadcast on vaughnlive and will mod anyone just to get them to stay for his show.
"Gale Cartwright? Didn't he die? Oh well."
Gale Cartwright by OGTroll June 9, 2013

Jay Cartwright 

Andy: I’ve shagged so many birds this week, must be about 25 of then

Tyler: oh fuck off you Jay Cartwight
When someone chats so much shit, they’re called a jay Cartwright
Jay Cartwright by Chat shit November 4, 2018

copyright 

A perfect example of a way to scam people.
Bob: Guess what? My epic video of me burning Justin Bieber's CD got me a YouTube strike because of copyright.
Ted: WTF? Seriously? They are such money and attention seekers!
copyright by Anonymous_Pravda August 27, 2012
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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
Word of the Day on September 29, 2026
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
Word of the Day on September 28, 2026
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
Word of the Day on September 27, 2026

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
Word of the Day on September 24, 2026
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
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