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Comet

Comet. kom-it Noun.
1. A person that passes through your life repeatedly who is intense and awesome, and when gone you are still in contact with that person in some way but they are not a continuous partner.

I have found there is a hole in the poly lexicon. The term "play partner" doesn't fit non-casual partners. Play sounds trite. Some of these relationships can span years and even decades. Some are very deep, with a combination of intimacy, friendship, admiration, and shared history. Poly circles use the term "play and pause" which also doesn't fit many of my "comets" as I don't pause. Many I stay in touch with daily or weekly.

Some comets come by every 18 months when the schedules line up or, to continue the metaphor, when the stars align. I have even heard some use the term partner-partner. As in, "they are a partner but not like a partner-partner." This is an example of that awkward lack of a term for someone who is somewhere between fully in your life at all times and a casual play play partner, that you like, but don’t have an ongoing connection with.
Ana is excited to have her comet Fredrico visit because they have hot sex and a deep connection. This is despite him living in Granada Spain and focusing on his poetry, while Ana lives in Seattle with her primary.
by Peculiar Musings June 7, 2016
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Core gamer

A core gamer is someone who plays a larger variety of games than a casual gamer but doesn't play video games with the intensity and dedication of a hardcore gamer.

Using an MMORPG as an example, a core gamer would normally progress through their levels at a steady rate and might join a guild but never divulge too seriously into it or use their guild on occasion, a hardcore gamer would want their guild to be the best and constantly do raids and work out techniques.
Hardcore gamer: "My guild is ranked 400 on the leaderboards, tomorrow we are going to get a new recruit end-game items."

Core gamer: "I play alone/with friends and use my guild for help when I need it, or offer help when others need it but I'm not too concerned with ours being the best."
by Origibro August 5, 2014
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That Colette super clever and cool sexy as hell
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country-core

a genre of music in which country music is paired with a screaming vocalist. the origin of this term is arguably College Humor user Mike Milo's comment on "Awful Studio Session" November 18, 2007.
"Throw up your devil horns and rock out to some country-core!"
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bicentennial comet

Limited edition Mercury Comet issued during model year 1976; essentially a trim package involving US flag color scheme, and interior and exterior emblems.
My bicentennial comet brings out the patriot in me.
by Brendon Mosley January 29, 2010
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blood comet

A blood comet is a substantial clot of congealed menstrual blood that forms a comet-like shape in the toilet upon ejection from the vagina. There is always a head-like structure, with some manner of tail, sometimes long enough to swirl around the circumference of the bowl.
"Guys, I made the biggest blood comet in the toilet just now."
by Dr. Moneypenny Esq. May 2, 2014
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