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bag of hurt 

Something that is complex and riddled too many issues to be workable. Fraught with uncertainties. A 'do it at your own risk' thing.

Steve Jobs famously called Blu-ray, a bag of hurt when asked if Apple planned to include a Blu-ray drive in their Macs. This was when the HD-DVD vs Blu-ray format-war was still unresolved and there was a lot of uncertainty surrounding the technology
1. AMD processors and Hackintosh? That's a bag of hurt.

2. Internet Explorer and CSS 3? That's a bag of hurt.
bag of hurt by Vulturo September 30, 2009

bag of hurt 

A phrase famously used by Apple's Steve Jobs to describe the difficulties of adding blu-ray support to Macintosh computers, due to the need to build DRM into the Operating System in order to appease the MPAA. He was, possibly, referring to the crippleware reputation of Microsoft's Vista.
“Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt. It’s great to watch the movies, but the licensing of the tech is so complex."
bag of hurt by Eodric March 18, 2009
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Slop Grenade

When someone uses AI to generate a large document, slide deck, or piece of code/software and tosses it over the fence for you to deal with.
Chad: Hey Brent I sent you the new backend API change to review, it’s only 100 files changed.

Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
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After we broke up, he was floxi to me.
floxi by Dr. Geek May 13, 2009
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New York and everyone from there can fornicate themselves with an iron stick.
leafers by ss++ February 8, 2005
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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
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