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Resilience

The ability to stand up to challenges, work through them step by step, and bounce back stronger than you were before.
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Resilience by GRIT TEM November 25, 2007

Rossie Resilience 

A universal term used for the almost insurmountable struggles and obstacles a student at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine has to go through to achieve their dream of becoming the best veterinarian possible.
"Woah dude have you met Jake? He has a ton of Rossie Resilience!"
Rossie Resilience by Iluvtheocean October 29, 2020

resilience

resilience is what all your assignments are about when your doing online school during quarantine.
STUDENT: "What's for homework?"
TEACHER: "Relate how fitness and science are incorporated in resilience when you do math."
STUDENT: "Are you fucking kidding me?"
resilience by salishsecondary May 11, 2020

Resilience

Resilience is that word used in many magazines, it means never giving up or not breaking down.
And example of this word could be people in Paradise, California.

"People in Paradise showed resilience by rebuilding their homes"
Resilience by The "now it all" December 5, 2019

Canadian resilience 

When you are winter-friendly and come to work, even when it's close to -35℃ outside
Canadian resilience is part of culture-shock for a lot of our immigrants.
Canadian resilience by Uncle Dimma February 23, 2015

resilience

decreases chance of enemy scoring a critical hit on you by x% and reduces the damage taken from critical strikes by 2x% in the world of warcraft.
should i stack hp or resilience in my pvp gear?
is the halaa +10 resilience gem unique?
resilience by dunpeal21 August 26, 2007
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NYC people who migrate north to Quahog, RI to see the leaves in the fall.
New York and everyone from there can fornicate themselves with an iron stick.
leafers by ss++ February 8, 2005
Word of the Day on September 27, 2026

Respectfully 

Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.
Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.

After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.
Respectfully by john quan the first December 20, 2020
Word of the Day on September 26, 2026

You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

A moment in time where you feel distinctly Chinese over all other things.
Dante: "I wish I could be Nigerian, but I can't because I'm Chinese. You met me at a very Chinese time in my life."
Word of the Day on September 25, 2026
Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.

Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.
"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"
crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007
Word of the Day on September 24, 2026
A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.
Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.
Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026
Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

murderhobo 

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021
Word of the Day on September 22, 2026
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