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The correct spelling is "look-see".

To take a look-see means to check something out or to look at something.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, this term comes from Chinese "看見", each letter loosely translating to "look" and "see", and entered English via Chinese Pidgin English.
Other words and phrases with the same source include
"long time no see" (很久不見 very long-time not see)
and
"chop chop" meaning "hurry up!" (速速 hurry hurry).
Incorrect: "I'll take a looksie."
Correct: "I'll take a look-see."
n. a visual inspection; look
"To take a look-see" means to check something out.

This term, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, entered the English language via Chinese Pidgin English, from a direct translation of "看見", each letter translating to "look" and "see". It is agreed by etymologists that "long time no see", "no pain no gain", "can do / no can do" have the same origin.

(Commonly misspelled as "looksie".)
"I think there's something wrong with my computer. Can you take a look-see?"

my hand slipped

An oft-said expression, mostly spotted on Twitter or Tumblr, uttered when one has posted a drawing online that is in some way peculiar, inappropriate, or unexpected. Synonymous to "Someone take Photoshop/GIMP away from me".
*posts tweet with fanart based on a stupid pun* "oops my hand slipped"
A girl band is a type of cliché J-pop group.
Similar to a boy band, girl bands typically produce cut-and-paste vaguely relatable songs about love, are thought of as puppets of a corporation, and the members look alike, only distinguishable by their fans.
However, unlike boy bands, girl bands sometimes consist of more than 10 (and up to 48) people, instead of the boy band median of 5.
The most famous girl band would be AKB48 (not to be confused with AK-47, which is a kind of gun). True to its name, AKB48 hail from the region of Akihabara and consist of 48 (!) members, who mostly disperse in manageable boy-band-sized groups. There are sister groups called HKT-, JKT-, NMB-, and SKE48.
Another girl band older than AKB48 is Morning Musume. Through the years, the number of members has fluctuated between 5 and 15 members, and as of now (December 2014) there are 10 members and 4 waiting to join. Their biggest hit is called Love Machine.
Girl: "Which member of AKB48 is your favorite?"
Guy 1: "WTF? Everyone in AKB48 looks the same."
Guy 2: "I seriously can't tell two girl bands apart."
Girl: "You guys suck."

argumentum ad grammaticam

Latin for "Argument at the grammar". To counter an opponent's argument, however the degree of validity, by simply correcting their grammar. A part of being a grammar Nazi or a pilkunnussija.

See also argumentum ad hominem ("argument at the person") or just ad hominem, where this term derives from.
"...And that's why your the worst."
"My the worst what?"
"And now you're resorting to argumentum ad grammaticam? That's lame."
The stereotypical Asian nerd. While he knows how to do a lot of complicated stuff you have no clue how, be it calculus, programming, or music, he is also quite unapproachable and takes work to get close to.
After trying to work my Minecraft server for 3 hours, I decided to give up and Skype that Haruki guy at school.
Haruki by cutesy pastel living doll November 16, 2014

suihomicide 

(noun) the act of travelling to the past and/or a parallel universe and killing "yourself" to resolve a time paradox. However, that would cause another time paradox if done poorly. In which case, another time traveller must travel back and intervene the first time traveller.
Suihomicide is still a theoretical concept, but it could be commonplace with the invention of the time machine . . . or is it theoretical?
"The anime was weird. It started as a good ol' mindfuck and yandere anime, but then it turned into all gore and fucked-up shit. Then after the plot twist that the Yandere committed suihomicide to be with her love interest who died in the first world, it finally turned into a love story more fucked up than Romeo and Juliet."