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A person that simply cannot be happy for another person's success. So rather than be happy they make a point of exposing a flaw in that person.

Hating, the result of being a hater, is not exactly jealousy. The hater doesnt really want to be the person he or she hates, rather the hater wants to knock somelse down a notch.
Susan: You know, Kevin from accounting is doing very well. He just bought a house in a very nice part of town.

Jane (hater): If he is doing so well why does he drive that '89 Taurus?
hater by dion February 4, 2005
People that just hate on other people for no reason just to make themselves feel good and to make that person feel miserable when that person was trying to be nice and also when people are just stating their opinion in a non-mean way but people just take it the wrong way and start hating on you.
Just ignore the haters! Haters gonn hate

Stfu you hater
Hater by UrbanSky September 15, 2016
A label that some people apply to anyone who disagrees with them on any subject. Such name calling is designed to discourage critical and independent thinking, and prevent full inspection of bogus ideas and beliefs. Use of the term hater is rampant on the internet.
The commenter that just wouldn't accept my presentation of the cold hard fact that the US government was behind the attacks on the World Trade Center towers was just a hater.
Hater by Melinda Mackenzie October 18, 2013
A term used to deflect criticism and erect a mental dissonance that allows one to ignore further criticism in continued delusion of one's own competence, skill or talent.
In addressing someone's inability to sing in tune.

Person 1: You're not good a good singer.
Person 2: Nah, I want to believe that I'm good. Therefore, you're just a jealous hater and you're opinion is worthless.
hater by Horatio Watson January 1, 2012
A word that used someone who would go to extreme lengths to showcase their dissaproval of something. In recent times this meaning has changed to apply to anyone with a negative opinion.

It can also be compared to the word troll and it's new meaning.
Previous meaning

Person 1: EVERYTHING IS ABSOLUTE SHIT, YOU MOTHERFUCKING BIATCHES. FUCK ALL OF YOU AND ALL THE SHIT ON TV, WHY DO YOU BASTARDS WATCH SHIT LIKE JERSEY SHORE AND THE FUCKING X FACTOR!!!!!111

Person 2: Stop being a hater.

Nowadays

Person 1: Have you heard the new eminem song, it's epic!

Person 2: I don't really like eminem because...

Person 1: HATER!!!!!!!
Hater by The realest gamer October 27, 2011
a word that is endlessly thrown around alot but people will never get to the source of the problem with the way they treat it. a hater is a person who hates a person for no apparent reason, and when you ask them, they cant explain why they hate you without sounding like a complete douche. what a hater is NOT, is a person who is just giving an insight or opinion or some discretionary criticism, without holding angry feelings on a personal level, and has a LEGITIMATE REASON to criticize.
the word "hater" has become a censorship discouraging critical thinking and encouraging conformity. this is a political issue if anything
Hater by Metallurgy October 27, 2008
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28 hours and 4 clubs later, gurning for england but still refusing to go home - a total wrongun!!
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"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
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"Yeah, she's kind of annoying. All she ever talks about it ballet."

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"I can't, I have dance."
"You're such a Bunhead."

"Yeah... I know."
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I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”

Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
According to the boffins downstairs, the murderer used a serrated blade.
Boffin by Agnon February 11, 2023
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Pee Calculus

When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.
Pee Calculus by anorlondo October 1, 2026
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