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Recovering Pick Up Artist

Recovering PUA ("Pick Up Artist") - N. A person who, after studying mass-marketed 'Pick Up Techniques' and putting them into practise, discovers that he is not any happier, nor self-satisfied, nor socially-calibrated than he was before - only now he cannot communicate with people except in 'PUA jargon', and has alienated all his non-PUAfriends.
"Have you noticed the change in Larry? I'm not embarrassed to be seem with him anymore!"

"Yeah, he's a Recovering Pick Up Artist; he's got it mostly under control now. If he starts ignoring us to hit on every girl around, or if he starts dehumanizing women, we're supposed to call his Sponsor."
by Johnny Soporno May 4, 2008
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Receder

Someone who's hairline is currently receding.
Did you see Ted the Receder's hairline?
by R46 R train January 19, 2016
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recovery mode

An excuse for just about anything, basically means "I can do it, but not now".

Ideally to be in recovery mode means that one can't perform an action because they have already done it recently and are still "recovering" from it. Thought to be derived from the term people sometimes use to describe their state after an intense workout when they are supposedly weaker from straining themselves and can justify dismissing a challenge. Because "recovery mode" allows someone to excuse themselves from doing something and make it seem like this was because they do it so much, it is often used by egotistical smartasses and cocky jocks. However it can also be used in a completely irrelevant way, often to great comedic effect.
EXAMPLE 1:
guy1: "...no way you go to the gym. Look at you, so pinner!"
guy2: "If you think you're so strong, why don't we arm wrestle right now!"
guy1: "Nah, I'm in recovery mode"
guy2: "Sure, ever since the last time when I won!"

EXAMPLE 2:
teacher: "Marco, why was your essay incomplete?"
student: "I was in recovery mode"
teacher: "oh..."
by akasun2012 February 28, 2012
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Recovery Day

The day in which after multiple nights of partying you take a day to rehydrate and prepare yourself for the next cluster of parties to come
Bro after this party we should consider a recovery day.
by Party hard, rest harder July 6, 2011
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recorder

Those plastic flutes that everyone got in 5th grade.
I could never play the recorder right
by elevatorfan7072 December 4, 2014
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eurozone recovery

"Eurozone Recovery": A fictitious belief akin to the second coming of Christ and forecasted to happen within minutes of each other.
Oh man, Peter drives so slowly that the Eurozone recovery will arrive before he does.
by PipTrapper September 26, 2013
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Butt-recovery-mode

The period of time in which you cant sit down after taking a poop
Dude that shit I took was fucked up. I was in butt-recovery-mode for like 15 minutes!
by Coolcandy March 7, 2010
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