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By God

A phrase used when one wants to show agreeableness or when surprised by something someone said.
Rock: I wish I could win that 350 million dollar lottery!

Lee: Well by god! Who doesn't?
by Big G JP May 26, 2009
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by nature

The very essence of something that is the truest answer to it.
"By nature, Christianity is a moral religion and highly-respectable. There are just stupid people who try to pervert it into what they want it to be."
"By nature, America is a good country. It's just not perfect. Nothing that is human is perfect."
"By nature, Iraq is a good country. The fact that it was run by a dictator made Iraq a horrible place."
"By nature, human beings are good. There are just morons here and there. By nature, these negatives are supposed to be the minority of the population."

"But just because something is something by nature doesn't mean it always is. This is called contradiction. This is also why there is prejudice and hatred. There are even things and beings that are evil by nature."
by Dave June 18, 2004
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By The Way

An album released by the Red Hot Chili Peppers on July 9th, 2002, and produced by Rick Rubin.
"By The Way I tried to say, I'd be there, waiting for..."
by Doornail451 December 6, 2020
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by-numbers

Added to the end of a word to suggest that the word is done without much thought and doesn't/didn't require much actual skill or effort. Derived from the Paint-By-Numbers that we all enjoyed during our childhood.
Troilus: Wow, Eggers is sure using some sweet moves on that chick Rebomblette!
Fusto: Nah, she'll see right through him - it's just nice-guy-by-numbers.
by Eggers07 January 4, 2008
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by proxy

A Proxy is the authority to represent another person or entity... Especially in the capacity of voting issues, such as on a board of directors.

This authority can be granted willingly, (as in the case of someone who cannot attend a meeting sending another to vote in her place) or unwillingly (such as in the case of a parent's authority over the affairs of a child. It can be granted with or without limitation ("Go to the meeting and vote yes on the takeover, for all my shares." or "The Executor is granted any and all reasonable powers necesary to manage and maintain the estate of Jonh, while he is in his coma.")

A parent, for instance, holds an automatic right of proxy in certain interests of her child. The child need not and cannot make decisions not granted her by her parent, because the parent has the legal authority to make those decisions for the child.

When something is done or decided by proxy, it means the actual effort of action, and sometimes the decision, was made by someone else.
Jennifer will hold my proxy for all voting issues that arise during the course of this series of meetings... Because I'm going to Aruba!
by Honor July 23, 2005
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by default

a phrase commonly used by Josephine Langford to categorize herself and/or others with certain characteristics.
Interviewer: Who is more of a reader?
Josephine: *points to herself* By default. I’ve read the novels unlike Hero...
Hero: We’re shooting shots now, yeh?
by herofiennesluvr April 18, 2019
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by your 1's

when you is by your 1's
by Vixter June 30, 2008
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