Benching is when you start dating someone you think is nice and who has potential, but you're not crazy about them. You don't know wether to keep dating them, or dump them and move on to the next one. This is where benching happens; instead of going for either of the above polarized options, you put your date in your mental 'maybe' folder and 'bench them' so you date around to see what else is out there.

Sarah: How's your dating life going, Jill, weren't you seeing that guy Jack?
Jill: Yeah I am, sort of. He's just ok, so I've been benching him and dating around more.

John: Hey Jack, how are things going with that girl Jill you're dating?
Jack: Idk man, I know she's seeing other guys, and I think I've been benched.

benching by ChemistryEscalationCoachMattA March 22, 2017

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Benching

(Irish origin)For a girl to sit on a guys lap facing him while Making out

Girl 1 Did ya meet him at core(disco)

girl 2 yea I was benching him for ages

Benching by Soph101 February 4, 2017

benching

the time spent photographing or watching graffiti on trains, more specifically passenger and freight trains.

we set up the grill and drank all day while we were out were out in milwaukee, benching by miller park

benching by fr8FOAMER December 28, 2007

Benching

When someone gets on their hands and knees behind someone and another person pushes that person over the person on the floor

Oi fam, lets bench this ginger nonce. Benching is bare fun

Benching by TescoClubCard June 24, 2018

Benching

The act of sitting on a subway bench in order to observe passing graffiti. Often to find influences.

I've been benching all day for a good piece.

Benching by yfh asdf sadfj January 3, 2009

Banchong

Someone who acts inappropriately without quite knowing it; a try-hard; a show off who just quite gets things wrong. Traditionally an Asian word for a lady-man, but in more modern times has come to define someone who is a bit of a tosspot.

Look at Brendan trying to spit the winkle and impress those girls - what a banchong!

Banchong by Kuta Kevin July 7, 2010

God Shot

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".

Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."

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city chicken

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.

Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?

city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006

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Is that cake?

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“Slayyyter just announced another album last night”
“No way, is that cake?”
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Is that cake? by Sexyyred September 15, 2026

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just fokin missing her

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me : look at you all sad & shit
friend : shut up!
me : just fokin missing her huh?

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endwarfins

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I only meant to watch the Heigh-Ho scene for the endwarfins, and then it was two hours later and I'd watched the whole movie.

Endwarfins aren't just a Snow White thing — I get the same hit off the Lollipop Guild in Oz.

endwarfins by Howard Ogden September 13, 2026

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caillou

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Example 1:
“Did you see that caillou over there? His head is reflecting the sun like a disco ball.”
Example 2:
“I think Dave is finally accepting his hair loss. He just went full caillou and shaved the whole thing off.”

caillou by WMH01 September 12, 2026

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