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Selling Yourself Short

Not reaching one's full potential. The origin of the term is "short selling" a stock (i.e., betting against a company). The "short seller" essentially "borrows" stock from a company and agrees to pay back the company whatever the stock is worth at some point in the future. The purchaser sells the stock immediately, anticipating that the price will fall over the next few months. If the stock price actually falls, the purchaser will pay back the company less money than what the purchaser sold the stock for.
Jane: "I'm not good at science classes."
John: "I think your selling yourself short."

Jane: "Want to see a movie tonight?"
John: "Let's not sell ourselves short here. I heard Warren G is putting on a concert in Williamsburg."
by ZeekZeek November 13, 2009
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selling merch like a god church

Jake paul has a shitty diss track and wrote this whole song in 1 hour. If you sing it, you magically become a bisexual quack daddy that everybody hates, For Example, Timmy Thick.
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Saling Kit

A Tagalog slang for someone or something which should not be included but included through his (someone) own act or another's
You shouldn't be given a goody bag, you're only a saling kit.
by xwisdom January 12, 2011
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Toilet Seating

A phrase used for the act of relieving oneself while sitting on the spread apart lap of another individual while they, too, are relieving themselves on the toilet. The latter individual is then considered the 'toilet seat'. This is typically done in the woman on top position.
My boyfriend and I had to use the bathroom at the same time and couldn't hold it, so we ended up toilet seating.
by jazryo December 27, 2010
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J D Salinger

J D Salinger Jerome David Salinger is an American Author who has passed into legendary status due to his works, The Catcher In
The Rye, Nine Stories, Franny and Zooey etc.

his work centres around disaffection, rebellion, Zen, philosophy and the fictional Glass family. Young children are often seen to offer salvation to those corrupted by the world.

His legendary status is also confirmed by his withdrawal from the publishing world around forty years ago. He has not published any work since this time and currently lives in Cornish, New Hampshire, in a house reported to be full of floor-to-ceiling cabinets containing unpublished works. Attempts to discover more about Salinger have always ended in failure. He just doesn't want people to know!
Over-enthusiastic literature student: "I'm gonna go meet my hero, J D Salinger!"

Jaded yet horny literature professor: "Shut up I'm trying to take advantage of the trust and respect of my female students to get them into bed."
by Zyggy June 8, 2007
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Meme stealing

Plagiarizing someone's meme without citing source and claiming it as your own
Meme stealing hoe didn't cite me
by Suckadickjon May 25, 2016
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seaking

A pokemon from the famous nintendo game series. Now a meme on 4chan where seaking busts through things and is applauded.
by _anonymous June 24, 2007
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