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Mallternative

A word I coined in the summer of 1997 to describe the people (mostly young adults) who relied on MTV and cookie-cutter clothes from the local malls and corporate clothing stores (ie.Urban Outfitters) to design and define their "alternative" lifestyle. It came to me in '97 when I saw a kid drive up in his red, '65 mustang wearing a mall-bought golf cap while sporting his inreasingly popular, brand new, fresh from the package wife-beater to show off his latest "tribal" arm-band tatt. The Mallternative clone can only participate in a prefabbed lifestyle that was mass produced for similar like-minded individuals designed to represent their 'unique' place in the world amongst all their other 'different' peers in the herd.
"Look at him with his pseudo-tattered, store-bought, knee-less, pre-stained jeans and his fake tattoo t-shirt...He's SO Mallternative!"

"I am the same, yet I still think I'm different, in a uniquely special kind of way...I'm Mallternative!!...hey, look, it's a Journey's right next to a Hot Topic!!!"
Mallternative by MidCenturyMr October 16, 2008
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Closet Malder 

Someone who is angry, aka malding, while at same time homosexual, but keeps it on the down low, but everyone already knows they like men
tyler got exposed for being a closet malder
Closet Malder by Wooooozy March 17, 2021
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mallercise 

walking within a shopping mall with the sole intent of exericising, and not shopping.
John went to the mall to mallercise since it was a cold day.
mallercise by Andy Smither December 25, 2007
A very beautiful girl. Has brown hair and big brown eyes. Is a little insecure. Has many friends and big boobs.
Look at mallery over there. She is so beautiful.
Mallery by hellothereloveeee April 1, 2010

Mallternative

Similar to mall-core. As a person: One generally in high school who frequents such stores as Hot Topic, revelling in their alt.life and thinking they're so alternative when they are simply doing the same thing that most other kids across the country are doing.

As a concept: Something that is trying to hard to be cutting edge and hip and cool but is about as edgy and cool as a warm bowl of oatmeal. "alt" for the masses.

Mullderline

"That Glenn has a wicked-ass mullderline!"

"My hair's too long in the back. Is it getting to be a mullderline?"
Good luck; positive vibes; positive everything.
Im feeling mallery today, I think I'll go to Vegas!
mallery by em elizabeth January 2, 2006