practicing avoidance

"Practicing avoidance" is just a passive aggressive way of saying you were giving someone the silent treatment or ghosting them.

Bitch please you weren't " practicing avoidance" you were giving me the silent treatment!

by BEEFREE16 July 13, 2022

practical intelligence

A combination of street smarts and common sense. Not book smarts, useful smarts.

"He didn't get an education but he has practical intelligence"

by Winged Scourge May 20, 2010

Practicing Scientology

the act of smoking marijuana in an automobile while driving. derived from the term "cruise", which then led to "tom cruise", and eventually became "Practicing Scientology"

hey man, I got a philly, some weed, and a quarter tank of gas. wanna start practicing scientology?

by aanne June 22, 2010

non-practicing lesbian

A person who has given up on men.

My break-up with Jake destroyed me. I've become a non-practicing lesbian.

by ErinB January 2, 2009

practical joke

is a trick played on someone that is meant to be funny for people watching, though normally embarrassing for the person being tricked.

What would you do if someone called you saying they were Barack Obama? Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen got a call just like that the other day and like many people would, she assumed it was a radio station practical joke.

by shracaneits January 16, 2009

Best Practices

A phrase primarily used by technologists or tech companies to describe what it is that they alone do and recommend. Contrary to its seeming meaning, "best practices" are ill-defined and constantly changing, even within a single organization.

"This presentation will provide you with best practices, as defined by me and, probably, Malcom Gladwell."

by steviesaf January 11, 2012

practically

Almost; but not quite.

The girl was practically of a normal height, but she was still pretty short.

by Matt4731 January 17, 2016