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polysoning 

The act of listening to multiple sources of audio while consistently comprehending each medium. Often accomplished most efficiently using separate headphones on each ear. However polysoning is not explicitly requirent of headphones.
Example Person #1:What are you doing?
Example Person #2:I'm polysoning to my mp3 and the radio, I've got my mp3 playing in the headphones in my left ear and the headphone attached to the radio is playing in my right.
Example Person #1:Neat, I do that too eccept I place my earphones into my larger ear headphones when I want to listen to a podcast and my music.
polysoning by Wincrest December 13, 2006
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corduroy poisoning 

A medical condition caused by the production of or hearing of an abnormally large amount of indie music.
My friend Jack is a really good songwriter, but ever since Interpol became popular, he's gotten a chronic case of corduroy poisoning.

irony poisoning

Irony poisoning is when one's worldview/weltshauung/reality tunnel is so dominated by irony and detachment-based-comedy, that the joke becomes real and you start to do things that are immoral or wrong from a place of deep nihilistic cynicism.
"Why would John do this to me?"
"It's irony poisoning, ma'am. Seen it a million times."

biscuit poisoning 

the result of eating too many biscuits, characterized by swelling of the body; obesity
Wanda, you got biscuit poisoning--your ass the size of Texas.
biscuit poisoning by CrackerNoMore September 6, 2009

internet poisoning 

When you spend so long on the internet that you believe the real world is as messed up and weird as it seems online.
"I feel like shit, I spent all morning on facebook and I definitely got internet poisoning"

"Qanon is a digital soap opera for people with internet poisoning" -@KT_So_It_Goes

Alcohol Poisoning 

A serious medical condition which presents itself after a person drinks too much, should not be taken lightly and should instead be taken directly to the emergency room, drunk is different than alcohol posing the way to recognize the difference is one is coherent and the other is not, if someone has alcohol poisoning it is important to make sure they don’t stop breathing and that they don’t choke on their own vomit
Girl: I think he has alcohol poisoning

Boy: He’s just drunk he’ll be fine

*12 hours later*

Girl: He isn’t breathing and he’s cold I fucking told you he had alcohol poisoning don’t just stand there call 911
Alcohol Poisoning by GayCloud June 24, 2018

acute lead poisoning

A forensic's "in-joke" meaning shot. Made prominent by Dr. Snow, a leading froensic archaeologist.
Cause of death: acute lead poisoning in the cranium. (shot in the head)
acute lead poisoning by Tragic Story December 22, 2004
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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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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

murderhobo 

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021
Word of the Day on September 22, 2026
In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.
"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."
Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020
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