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From gopher + rounding.

When someone goes on a food run and "rounds up" the price of your food, thus failing to give you change. Often "unintentional."

If you give someone $10 to go pick you up a Big Mac and you never get change, they've done some grounding.
"Hey, did you ever get your change from Mike after that Taco Bell run?"

"No, that son of a bitch does some serious grounding."
Grounding by sully521 September 28, 2009

Rounding the Turn 

A grifting term coined by Donald Trump to leave his gullible supporters with the impression that the COVID-19 Pandemic will soon be over.
The covid will soon be over; we're rounding the turn

Astounding 

adj. To be so utterly immense that one traps just enough intelligence within one's massive bulk that he/she obstinately refuses to believe that he can ever be wrong. The individual in question will often sarcastically remark about the "astounding" nature of others' intellects so as to inflate his own ego. His mouth never stops moving, whether he is talking to attract attention or eating to increase his mass.

See load.
Bradley's intelligence was astounding, as was his weight.
Astounding by Burley February 28, 2007

Sinacore Rounding 

In high school physics, when answers do not come out to the number desired, Sinacore Rounding takes place.
i divided and had 7.01x10^-14. Danny P's answer was 8.45x10^-12, so i used Sinacore Rounding so we would have the same answer.

Rounding up the tadpoles 

Strangling the parrot, punishing percy in the palm, spanking the monkey
"Alright Ezz? Vanessa still up on the blocks is she?"

"Yeah, it's been over a week now, been Rounding up the tadpoles"
Rounding up the tadpoles by AJT67 September 1, 2007

Kayla Bishop Grounding

Kayla Bishop Grounding (noun) - The most extreme form of grounding.
No TV, cell phone , car, internet , going out, breathing, etc...

Carl: "Dude, my mom is Kayla Bishop Grounding me!"
Mark: "Awh man, you're gonna go psycho in like three days!"
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"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
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