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Oxford period

The optional period at the end of a final sentence, typically omitted in social media posts or texts.
"Mom! You don't need to use a period at the end of texts" vs. "Mom! You don't need to use a period at the end of texts." <Oxford period
by Mr. Toe June 1, 2016
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She must be on her period

Say this and I will find you and beat your ass so hard you'll run home to mama.
Male: My girlfriend wanted an ice-cream today and she was upset when she didn't get one.
Dick head: She must be on her period
*A bat signal type thing goes off and every mother, daughter, sister and foetus that identifies as female runs to beat dick head's ass.
by Iminclassrightnow June 4, 2018
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Bag Ladies Period

"dont try mrs kippens apple pie vicar...ive tasted better bag ladies period"
by Shearer June 16, 2003
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Oxford period

The Oxford period is used in lieu of the Oxford (or serial) comma in a sentence, in an effort to make a sentence appear more profound or dramatic than it is. The Oxford period is often used on Tumblr and Facebook.
I'll check her sidebar bio to see what her favorite things are. It says, "Water. Fire. Wind. and Dirt." Nice, a list using the Oxford period.
by Ceabelyo January 12, 2014
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Honeypoon Period

That wonderful time at the beginning of a relationship where the fights are far away in the distance and the sex is seemingly never ending. The time before you could possibly accept anything negative points about your significant other.

Typically lasts no more than 6 months max.
Man 1: "Why did you break up with your Girlfriend?"
Man 2: "The Honeypoon period ended and it all went downhill."
by BigNath January 4, 2010
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fairy period

A period like experience felt by MTF transsexuals that are on hormone replacement therapy.
All these HRT is giving me fairy periods.
by P-W-B November 3, 2017
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refactory period

The period of time after a major software release where software developers temporarily suspend work on new features to refactor (cleanup) their code.
Good job pushing out version 2.1, guys. The next month will be a refactory period. Please clean up all the the kludges and hacks in our code.

- Management
by VMP94 November 19, 2017
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