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1. The sort of feeling you get when your hand goes to sleep, ala pins and needles, mixed with being warm.

2. The state of being not quite sick enough to justify skipping something important, but sick enough to miss work or school.
"Ouch, my girlfriend fell asleep on my hand and now it's all fringly!"

"I stayed in from school because I was feeling fringly."
"Do you have to miss tonight's game?"
"Dude, I'm not that sick!"
fringly by Shaawn the Sheep January 28, 2013
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fringely 

When an object has a crisp feeling that gives you goosebumps and/or makes you feel self-conscious when you feel it or are in contact with it. Pronounced Fringe-ly.
Ex. 1
Kylie: Guess what?
Kassidy: What, buck?
Kylie: These napkins are fringely.

Ex. 2
Hugh Jass: Dis here snow feels fringely on my foots.
fringely by K~H January 7, 2010
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When you go out with a guy/girl, but it's not a date. It's just two friends mingling, which more than likely will lead to dating.
Jet: Where's Keith?
Guadalupe: He's on a fringle with Jenny.
Fringle by Monkey Bitch Face June 21, 2011
Also known as "franglais" (frong-legh).

A term to describe a Bilingual Canadian who uses both English and French in the same sentence, usually due to poor knowledge of the second language, so they have to resort to their first-learned language to "fill in the holes". Americans use this as well, but for Spanish and English ("Spanglish").
Classic use of Fringlish:

"Sorry... nous speak anglais very pas bien!"
fringlish by V.C. April 21, 2008
The description of a bird when it puffs up its feathers.
Look gran! The bird is all fringy again!
Fringy by Ciahcra July 16, 2018
Used when sharing your honest opinion on a topic that you intend to imply or emphasize it's not that heavy or important.

Pronounced with the same nasal intonation as the "Apparently Kid".
frinkly I could eat anywhere.

frinkly, it's kinda rude Julia came to her party but didn't bring her a birthday gift.

frinkly, you can have it.
frinkly by nycoleblond April 22, 2022
awkward, weird, retarted, strange, ugly, odd, uncomfortable, creepy, just not right.
That girl is super frinkly, she could use a makeover from that frizzy, not brushed teeth grill, ugly face, awkward personality.

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"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

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