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Falshback 

When something sparks a drunken memory, but the person telling the story tells it wrong and has to be corrected by someone sober enough to remember.
Brah 1: I got a ride home from one of the bartenders. She was hot.

Brah 2: Nope, you’re having another falshback. You drove yourself home, slid into the mailbox, and slept with some nasty older lady.
Falshback by iBetty December 27, 2012

Vietnam Flashback 

When you remember a (usually) traumatic experience and disconnect all outside distractions.
Ariana: I think Mikey is high..
Justin: Nah, she is having a Vietnam Flashback from when she was on Hannah Montana.
Selena: I get it. Disney is awful.
Ariana: Yeah, Nickelodeon is better.

war flashbacks 

1. When something happens that reminds you of an embarrassing, difficult, or so-disturbing-that-you'll-never-be-able-to-unsee-it event in your life.

2. Actual flashbacks to actual battles. Can happen with PTSD.
Oh my god, that was the same position my parents used when I walked in on them as a kid. I'm having war flashbacks!

Don't you trigger a war flashback, son. I once killed a man!
war flashbacks by flipflopdrop July 29, 2013

Sandusky Flashback

A painful memory of a childhood raping.
Mr McKenna had a Sandusky Flashback as he watched the local high school football game.

flashback humour 

Indirect breach of the fourth wall at the end of the movie "Fight Club". When the plot comes around to the opening scene again after two hours of flashback, the Narrator (Edward Norton) states he "still hasn't anything to say", and Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) refers to this as "flashback humour".
flashback humour by Fearman December 23, 2007

flashback mary 

too much powder. also a glorious twitter meme.
hi sisters! today we are gonna skip powder in our makeup tutorial because well...flashback mary.
flashback mary by cloutcoins May 15, 2018
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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
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