alternative lifestyle haircut (n) – A haircut or style that indicates its owner leads a life contrary to that of the conservative or heterosexual world. Also known as “the significant lesbian haircut,” the acquiring of an alternative lifestyle haircut is often seen as a rite of passage into lesbian adulthood, even if it is not maintained after the initial cut. Like a bat mitzvah, but on your head. Examples include: the mohawk, the fauxhawk, the mullet, the sidesweep, and the Tegan and Sara.

The term was coined by Autostraddle.com and has since become a common collloquialism.

RVshare's 2023 Travel Trend Report defines a "Hush Trip" as a remote employee who works full-time from an alternative location where they plan to enjoy leisure activities in their off-hours, and don't feel the need to disclose their location. 56% of all remote employees are say that they're very or extremely likely to partake in a "Hush Trip" this year.

1. A small marine organism with a shell that clings to rocks and ships.
2. A clinging or dependent person or thing
3. A large zit or scab
4. An exclimation used by Sponge Bob Square Pants meaning "shit" or "fuck"

To be followed and/or pulled-over by the police.

Chinese slang for cheap, shoddy, unsafe, or otherwise inadequate construction. Tofu dreg projects are relatively common in China due to poor building materials, corrupt government inspectors, overly ambitious building schedules, and a lack of care from builders. Features of tofu dreg projects include leaking pipes in new buildings, to no water at all in fire suppression systems, sinkholes, partial to total collapse of buildings. In some cases, concrete and masonry can be destroyed with bare hands, steel rebar can be broken with a few taps on a hard surface.