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stragedy 

a plan that has the conviction of forethought, but which is so disasterous it begs for hindsight before it is even implemented. A stragedy is often promoted as a strategy to hide the fact that it was conceived from rash and not rational action.
It was a stragedy for the robber to break into a store which sold CCTV cameras. (This actually happened)

It was stragedic thinking for the auto mechanic to weld a leak in the gas tank before he emptied it.
stragedy by Kevin Garwood July 3, 2007
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Stragedy 

1. When your strategy fail
2. When your strategy leads to a tragedy or failure
(when you are playing chess with your friends and you just got pwned) Man,I was so close at beating you but my strategy becomes a STRAGEDY.
Stragedy by Vedaxx March 12, 2010
Old, worn out. Typically associated with clothing, hair or state of being.
....they wore the same scraggedy clothes they always wear to these kind of events.
Scraggedy by JYP!3 December 7, 2010

stragedy 

A long-range plan for achieving something but due to being so poorly thought through can only lead to a bad result
The new CEO has just communicated all the assumptions he made which inform his new stragedy for the company
stragedy by CrossWords April 7, 2012

Stragedy 

When a strategy fails and/or otherwise becomes a tragedy.
Juliette: I know! I'll fake my death to be with Romeo!
Romeo: *kills self*
Juliette: *kills self*

Juliette's plan turned into a stragedy.
Stragedy by SamwiseG December 18, 2012

Straggly 

A person who is straight and crusty/ a way to describe the bad type of straight person.
Hey bro, no need to be so straggly.

Ew don’t hang out with Travis he’s straggly.
Straggly by Yoonmin.inc January 11, 2021
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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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