Greet and Retreat

The act of sending a greeting, often "hey" or "hi" in a chat server or similar online discussion board, but especially in a Discord server, and then offering no further conversation such that a series of greetings accumulates but no actual discourse.

Anon: The servers dead, nothing but Greet and Retreat for the last week.

by JesSayers December 15, 2020

seasonings greetings

When holiday meals call for a different kind of seasoning.

I can't believe Thanksgiving is almost here, I need to bust out the cloves and cinnamon and wish everyone Seasonings Greetings!

by GlazeHer November 23, 2023

gradual-ramp-up-volume greeting

Refers to a non-startling strategy employed whenever you are unable to unobtrusively get someone's attention or make eye-contact with him for whatever reason (maybe he's deep in a book, concentrating hard on a household/carpentry task, or using noisy equipment, and thus he does not look up/around occasionally or hear/observe your presence) and so you start out to say hello by speaking very quietly, and then cautiously raising your voice little-by-little (like some modern-day alarm-clocks do so as to wake you "gently" instead of startling you out of a sound slumber with a full-blast ringer right away) till the previously-oblivious person eventually becomes aware of your proximity and glances up.

I'd wanted to ask my elderly neighbor about my possibly carpooling with him on his grocery-shopping trip the next day, but he was so busy using his riding lawnmower that he never noticed me despite my circling around in front of him several times, so I eventually used the gradual-ramp-up-volume greeting to finally get his attention.

by QuacksO August 22, 2018

jerkers greeting

When you are jerking off with someone and you touch tips mid jerk

I got a jerkers greeting from my dad. Help me mom.

by Baslix October 20, 2017

golden greeting

an extra sum of money paid to a competent person who has been lured away from his/her organization into one's organization. Such an amount is paid initially, for instance at the time of signing a contract and is over and above the regular remuneration package.

We were able to woo the CEO of our rival company into our company by offering him a handsome golden greeting.

by uttam maharjan October 3, 2010

Canadian Greeting

To fart in somebody's face as they say hello

English person: *walking down the street*
Canadian guy: *farts on his face*
English person: What the hell man?
Canadian guy: oh, its just the Canadian greeting.

by PapaPaarthurnax August 30, 2021

Burris Greeting

A Burris Greeting is very similar to the "Burris wave" its the act of flipping a friend off as a joke or for fun when the teacher is not looking. Not meant to be a mean gesture. Can be used when a student makes a stupid comment or makes a joke about you and you don't have time for a comeback.

student 1: (knocks student 2's stuff)
student 2: why did you do that?!
student 1: your mom forgot to pay me
student 2: ,,|,, (or Burris greeting)

Text: ,,|,, or ,,|,, (*_*) ,,|,,

by 69arf December 21, 2009