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Altavista 

A really shitty and boring town with nothing to do.
"Wow, this town has really become an altavista"
Altavista by Sunsh1ne95 November 21, 2011

altavista 

A good search engine, that while not as great as google in searching regular pages, has the ability to search for sound and movie files.
Do you really need one!?
altavista by Decander June 27, 2005

altavista 

A boolean search engine that rivals even the great wordgoogle/word
I founded where Carmen Sandiego with Altavista!
altavista by PoptartKing August 21, 2003

Atavistic 

Having characteristics regressing to a more primitive type; resembling a distant ancestor. A evolutionary throwback.
The atavistic dew claw in many dog breeds is a simple example of a genetic throwback to an earler stage of dog evolution.

An atavistic example in humans is when babies are born with true tails.
Atavistic by OneBadAsp November 2, 2006

altavisa 

A misspelling of Altavista that actually redirects to Altavista because so many people mistype it. You Idiots.
Altavisa is not pronounced as "all-the-vision".
altavisa by duggie October 28, 2003

Atavistic 

Acting like your ancestors, or just a really bloody good word for making your English teachers think that you're a God in English, and how to attract the hot women.
English GSCE: "Mr Hyde has an atavistic nature, acting on his gut instinct."
Pulling hot birds: "Hey babe that top looks highly atavistic ;)."
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doorwall 

A door wall is a sliding-glass door or patio door. The term is yet another example of banal Michigan vernacular, where in the residents latch on to company names, trademark names, marketing terms and product names from local companies. The terms become embedded in the local vocabulary and eventually become accepted as actual valid words and phrases. In this case the term comes from Wallside Windows in Taylor, MI (a large window manufacturer), where 'door wall' is their created word for sliding-glass door.
"Bob! John's gonna bring over them doorwalls from Wallsides on Tuesdee afternoon 'round two-thirty. Get 'er done!"
doorwall by MaxSeven October 26, 2011
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Internet gaming term used for people who are insanely good at something.
Teammate wipes out the entire enemy team.
You: Holy shit, he's fucking cracked!
Cracked by Hwangje Hien April 22, 2020
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WhimZ by WhimZ! November 5, 2026
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