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Nihilosophy

I Have studied Nihilosophy to Degree level.
Nihilosophy by Ken Greed May 30, 2010

nihilophobia 

Fear of nothingness (comes from the combination of the Latin word nihil which means nothing, none, and the suffix -phobia)
Voyager's morale officer and chef Neelix suffers from nihilophobia, having panic attacks while the ship was traversing a dark expanse of space known as the Void.

creatio ex nihilo 

(Latin: "creation from nothing")

The Judeo-Christian doctrine which acknowledges ABSOLUTE creation. This dogma, which distinguishes Judaism and Christianity (and perhaps Islam) from all other religious cosmologies about the "beginnings", holds that a transcendent, eternal, uncreated, self-existent God created everything that is the natural universe(and every angelic spirit) out of nothing. It differs from the Hindu idea that God created the universe out of Him/Her/Itself and from the ancient quasi-pantheistic Greek idea that creation "emanated" from God/the gods. The concept of absolute creation is extremely difficult to grasp(perhaps impossible), since it assumes that God "invented" or "thought up" matter, time, and energy and set them in motion by His own will(that is, He had NOTHING with which to create, but really created entirely NEW things which were not already pre-existent). The Church has held to this dogma(NOT a particular VERSION of this dogma, i.e. young earth creationism, old earth creationism, theistic evolution) which has never been directly challenged (and seems to even be supported) by modern science, since most physicists agree that the universe had a beginning.
Whether a Christian accepts a 15-billion-year-old universe or a 6,000-year-old universe as found in a historical/scientific interpretation of the first chapters of Genesis, ALL believers are agreed on the doctrine of creatio ex nihilo.

ex nihilo 

ex nihilo by iMiTaTi0n June 22, 2004

nihilillionaire 

Mr Josh, who was once a millionaire, is now a nihilillionaire.
nihilillionaire by uttam maharjan September 20, 2010

Nihiloromantic 

A person who doesn’t consider the category of “romantic feelings” or “romantic relationships” to be meaningful or useful. The hypothesis is that, since what is considered romantic or not is highly subjective and depending on the constructs one adopts, and since all the parties involved in a bond can choose to reject the constructs anyway, romantic vs non-romantic is an arbitrary label serving no purpose as it isn’t actually informative without a lot of context. Therefore, it isn’t a meaningful concept. They’re not alloromantic, but they’re not aromantic either. They’re not in the romantic-aromantic spectrum because to them, the idea of a romantic spectrum is already empty and devoid of meaning in the first place. Hence the prefix nihilo- implying “null” or “empty”.
Person A: Does she actually have any commitment to any romance at all?
Person B: No. She is nihiloromantic, so the idea/category of romance is nonsensical to her. Instead, what does have a meaning and a purpose to her is a natural & strong emotional bond, regardless of whether we view as romantic or as not.
Nihiloromantic by 116DArchAngel September 23, 2017
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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."
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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
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