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approximate 

noun. A spouse or boyfriend/girlfriend who is not an ideal match, but close enough in many respects.
"Looks like things are going really well with your girlfriend, Bob!"

"Yeah, it's pretty good, Stan. I kept looking for my vision of perfection, then decided I should get real and find an approximate."
approximate by Mr.Whosiwhatsis August 12, 2008

Pi Approximation Day 

An annual math event that is commemorated on 22nd July (22/7) among billions of people worldwide, who conventionally write their date in the DD/MM/YYYY format, compared to the millions of folks who celebrate Pi Day on March 14 (3/14).
What is the ratio of the number of math students and teachers globally who celebrate Pi Approximation Day in July to the number of those who commemorate Pi Day in March every year.

approximeet

A meeting arranged at a vague location where the two or more participants then find each other through the use of their mobile phones
I'll approximeet you at the town square at 4 mate
approximeet by JasonC October 12, 2005

approximately 

A term guilty people use when they are guilty as hell.
Investigator: "What did you have for breakfast?"

Suspect: "Well basically, I barely got to my home at approximately 2am."
approximately by RPD00001 April 5, 2017

appropirate 

"Have some rum, it's appropirate!"
appropirate by Mercy Buckets March 21, 2009

approximation

a kind of true but not true simplification of something. Can be used to insult.
1. The approximation of pi is 3.14
2. The approximation of your mom is fat
approximation by Fasteroid July 25, 2016
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Throat Sweats 

The feeling and build up in your mouth/throat of saliva that sometimes accompanies nausea.
Oh man those burritos gave me the throat sweats, I hope I don’t have food poisoning.
Throat Sweats by TacoFings420 April 23, 2024
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Being ignored by someone when making a statement or asking a question. Also known as blanked and turfed.
Person 1: Did u watch ** last nite?
Person 2:......
Person 3: O no u got aired!
aired by Pietro February 9, 2005
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piddlefart

Instead of doing my homework, I decided to piddlefart around for two hours.
piddlefart by Rene April 25, 2005
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anyone who succeeds in disgracing/over indulging themselves in the throws of clubland
28 hours and 4 clubs later, gurning for england but still refusing to go home - a total wrongun!!
wrongun by bevvers March 21, 2007
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square grouper

Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
square grouper by slipsheet November 6, 2004
Word of the Day on October 7, 2026
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