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Found Family

A trope common in fiction and fanfiction. It is the phenomenon where a group of people come to love each other like family, even through (and because) they aren't biologically related. The LGBTQ+ community in particular tends to favor this trope because it allows them to escape overbearing or harmful biological family.

Found families can be found in real-life as well, as close friend groups may feel closer to each other than to biological family.
Found Family is also known as Families of Choice.
I found a lovely found family fanfiction about my favorite characters!

The author won't acknowledge it, but these character dynamics scream found family.
by Lizbet February 6, 2021
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Foundational Black American

A non-immigrant Black person who descended from enslaved person in America. Foundational Black Americans usually have lineages to Africa and Black indigenous people of North America.
"I'm not an immigrant to the U.S, I'm a Foundational Black American."
by Junkanuu February 2, 2022
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Triangle: You’re pointless.
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Frindle

a writing tool that uses ink; a pen
"Hey I need to write down my grocery list, do you have a Frindle?
by pseudonym123456789990000000000 December 29, 2011
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george not found

a colorblind minecraft streamer who is secretly in love with a green block.
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and then you found twenty dollars?

Usually asked at the end of a long, boring and drawn out story to give it a more interesting and rewarding ending.

Sarcastic in nature.

Alternately used in place of "and then I found five dollars" because finding twenty dollars is rewarding enough while still being in the parameters of seeming like you really found something. Saying "and then I found one hundred dollars" sounds too fake and thus brings down the sarcastic tone you're trying to get across to the person because their story was so boring. Finding anything less than twenty dollars isn't really that rewarding.
Person A: So the other day I ordered these couches online and had them delivered on Saturday. In the pictures online they looked like a nice tan color but when they get to my house they are a mustard yellow color. So I told the company I didn't want them and to come pick them back up. So the next day I go the furniture store near me and found couches I liked better so I bought them and had them delivered on Tuesday. However, the guys from the other store never came to pick up the mustard yellow couches. So now I got four couches sitting in my living room. I was so pissed I got up and walked to the beach to cool myself off.

Person A: And then you found twenty dollars?
by CobraKaiNeverDies February 13, 2007
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Langley Foundation for Social Betterment

Ben - Did you see the CIA just disclosed the Russians are behind directed energy attacks against official Americans in Havana and elsewhere?
Harold - Dude, we don’t use the term CIA anymore! It’s the “Langley Foundation for Social Betterment”
Ben - Dude, you’re wack.
by Mil3druid4 July 19, 2021
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