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Nice things you can get from anyone. Boys, girls, animals, aliens, friends, your boyfriend, your girlfriend, your wife, your husband, your hubby, etc. They can be nice and warm and happy. Or quick and friendly. Everybody likes hugs, right?
Austin gave me a hug. Everybody loves hugs.
Hugs by I<3Sgt.Frog September 6, 2010

::hugs:: 

Visual representation of hugs within the internet community (to express love, support, friendship, etc). Common on message boards, commenting functions (live journal, diaryland). Frequently used.
I'm so sorry that you've had such an awful day. ::hugs::
::hugs:: by rieux November 27, 2003

(((Hugs))) 

Parentheses used in texting to show the motion of hugging as an augment to the meaning and feeling of the word.
I hope you feel better. (((Hugs)))
(((Hugs))) by Honeyfer August 31, 2017
Sweet, warm, loving, caring, heartfelt, gentle and comforting hugs. a hug is a sacred embrace you share with the person you love. when you hug... nothing else matters. just the moment then and there. in pure bliss and stillness.
They say hugs can take away all worries and replace it with tranquility, peace and love.
Hugs by kdawwwwggggydawwwg July 7, 2010
The plural form of hug; more than one warm, affectionate embrace (whether offered by the same person or by many).
Hugs can't solve everything, but they do help a good friend know that you love them.

"This is your brain on hugs..." (announcer tucks an egg into a nest of pillows) "...Any questions?"
hugs by Ingeborg S. Nordén May 23, 2006
1. A confused hershey kiss, thats a hermaphrodite.
2. The act of embracing someone
3. An increasingly popular substitution for drug use
commonly used phrase: Hugs not drugs. In that case I need some hugs.
hugs by Botswana May 14, 2005
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When your wife’s boyfriend let you sleep past 8pm 😎😎
Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!
Poggers by Just_Charles April 14, 2020
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Oblication 

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
Oblication by kimmerr May 5, 2011
Word of the Day on October 25, 2026

Surf Dracula Syndrome 

A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.

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I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
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Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
Northstarring by Light Bearer October 22, 2026
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