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PERCESIVE

Per-ce-sive per-se-siv —adjective.
a term used to describe people aware of media bias that actively seek out their own facts.

A blending of three words: Person meaning people, Perception meaning to be aware and Pensive meaning thinking.
It’s no secret people want to convince us of their opinions, rely on their data, consider their perspective or accept them as experts, we must be PERCESIVE and put on a filter to make responsible, informed decisions that we don't regret.

Our mother was very PERCESIVE as she instructed us to avoid the temptation to accept whatever we hear first by evaluating sources and fact checking.
by Eric Mixon February 9, 2009
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perplexicon

-noun, from the English perplex and lexicon
1. Collectively, all words with which one is familiar but is unable to define.

2. Words that one would commonly be expected to know based on his or her education or socio-economic class but does not.
3. Particular words, generally of an erudite nature, which one finds perpetually befuddling despite previous attempts to ascertain their meaning.
"No matter how many times I look up fecundity in the dictionary, it always seems to slip back into my perplexicon by the time I next encounter it."

"Four years of college and I all I have to show for it is a massively inflated perplexicon!"
by $exy Lexy March 20, 2010
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You sure about him./He looks a little on the dark side.
No sweat, he's a Niner. nine percenter
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“omg clyde reminds me of bloom percent.”
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"Desert Gold" percent chance

An alternate way of saying "0% chance" or "completely impossible". Coined after the imfamous "Desert Gold" vehicle skin scandal in EA's 'Battlefield 1', where the skin was found to be impossible to obtain from the ingame battlepacks.
Ken: Hey, what are the chances I'll get laid tonight?

Barry: A "Desert Gold" percent chance. You're an insociable twat.
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Perplexion

An perplexing erection -- a boner for which there is no clear source.
Genji's perplexion in line at the grocery drew the attention of the little boy nearby.
by blotngh22 June 23, 2010
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