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Entanglement

When an older woman seeks to find a younger mate all while taking a break from her husband. Calling in entanglement allows her not to call it cheating later.
Jada pinkett Smith admits to 'entanglement' with August Alsina on red table talk.
by TheArtOfWords July 10, 2020
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entropy

In its simplest sense, the tendency for all things to go from order towards disorder. It is like the one way sign for energy flows in this Universe.
The best example is a hot cup of coffee. You walk into a coffee shop and check your pockets that yes, you do indeed have some coin of the realm that you spent time and energy to acquire somewhere else. This coin is therefore concentrated time and energy or effort. You then walk up to the counter and order (key word here) a hot cup of coffee. The Barrista, who has an understanding of what you want, then reaches for a cup that someone spent time and effort making, and someone made an effort to clean. He then pours in this fluid that contains pure (hopefully) water that has been heated (we pay the power company for the heat) and poured over these magic beans that came from far away, with many people involved with ships and trucks burning fuel so that these beans could arrive here. This cup of coffee is indeed a highly ordered structure in the Universe. But today, instead of drinking it, we are going to perform an experiment. If we let the cup of coffee sit on the table long enough, say 30 minutes, what happens? It gets cold. The heat energy that we paid for is no longer concentrated in the cup. It still exists, but in the room not in the cup. This is a gain in entropy. If we let the cup of coffee sit there long enough, say 4 days, we notice that some of the water that we paid for has evaporated. It still exists as water vapor in the room (probably attacking the wallpaper) but not in the cup. This too, is a gain in entropy. By this time the Barrista will probably come along to kick us out, after all we've been here 4 days and haven't actually drank any coffee. If he does kick us out then he will have to clean the cup, spending time and energy and hot water, to bring the cup back up to a useful higher energy state, ready for the next customer. This would be an example of negative entropy. But he had to spend more energy elsewhere to accomplish this.
But let's say he doesn't kick us out. If we are still sitting here watching the cup in about 30 years when the building falls over, breaking the cup, then this too is a gain in entropy.
I am one of the few people on the planet to tell you that negative entropy = life (localized), in thermodynamics this would appear in an equation as -Δs (pronounced minus delta s).
by Coffe house Philosopher October 25, 2008
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Entopia

A green alien or ghost that invades your dreams. The only way to beat it is shining a flashlight in its face while holding a cookie on a string behind it.
"Whoa I just saw an entopia in my room!" Shouted Alice
by AliceAkemi March 7, 2015
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Entanglement

Word used by a partner when romantically involved with another individual while on break with their real partner.
I'm not in a relationship with Jane doe, we just have an entanglement.
by Dave_scr1pt July 10, 2020
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SM entertainment

a company that gives winwin less than the bare minimum, despite trying to recruite him for 2 years. they give him NO solo activities, NO lines, little screen time, AND center time, despite him being a dancer and as of february 2019, has tried to erase his existence from 127 completely. wishing the best for winwin because sm does not manage him well at all...
“what company is winwin under?”
“sm entertainment....sadly”
by whipped for changbin February 11, 2019
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Domestic Entropy

The tendency of a household to became increasingly disorganized, untidy, and unmanagable.

Characteristics:
Rather than compress into small spaces, items tend to redistribute to evenly fill all available space (the Stuffed Animal Effect). Rather than organize into separate, homogeneous, classifiable and finite collections, items tend to mix into heterogenous open sets (the Junk Drawer Effect). Even if they are not used, without intervention items and surfaces inevitably get dirtier and not cleaner (the Crunchy Towel Effect). Partially enclosed items left unobserved for an extended period will, when retrieved for use, contain one or more dead bugs (the Cuisinart Effect). Attempts to organize specific areas will always result in some other area becoming less organized (the Spare Linen Effect).

The tendency of the household toward randomness is a feedback cycle. Disorganization leads to perceived attrition which leads to aquisition of additional items, which in turn increase the Domestic Entropy of the household (the Nine Rolls of Sticky Tape Effect).
I'm in a constant battle against domestic entropy; if I miss my chores one night before bedtime, by the next morning the house is so messy it would be easier to burn it down and build anew than to get it clean again.
by Suzanne Jackowski December 16, 2008
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