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1) a Bolshevik, or someone accused of having Bolshevik (communist) leanings).

2) (more commonly) an adjective meaning that someone is very assertive in the pursuit of something and/or hostile to authoritarian manoeuvres by others. A bolshy person gets cross if confronted and is likely to say "what's it to you?", "mind your own business" and stuff like that a lot.

3) also the name of a short-lived youth magazine run by the Alliance for Workers' Liberty.
He was getting stroppy with me, so I started getting bolshy.

A lot of students get a bit bolshy after a few pints.
bolshy by Andy April 20, 2004
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Big. From Russian "bol'shoi", meaning big.
That chap had some bolshy fists. He'll really give you a bolshy tolchok.
bolshy by R. Val April 15, 2006
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1. A 4th wave ska band from Liverpool UK. Bolshy combine the best of ska reggae and punk with their strong anti-capitalist and anti-discrimination views.

2. An adjective used to describe someone who has a lot attitude and confidently expresses their views, may cause a lot of heated discussion and arguments
1. Have you heard Bolshy's music?

2. Tim has a Bolshy attitude
Bolshy by whyami December 30, 2013
A south African woman!

Of late I have been witness to a friend finding himself getting more and more frustrated by south african women. Both dating and freindships he keeps getting the thin end of the wedge. We live in the middle east and his terminology to sum this particular species was "bolshy".
She a real "bolshy" cow!
bolshy by JPWOWEE April 22, 2007

great bolshy yarblockoes 

huge silly testicles.

kudos to anthony burgess, though the direct quote came from the movie
"Yarbles. Great bolshy yarblockoes to you!" -Dim

Bulshytt 

Technical and clinical term denoting speech (typically but not necessarily commercial or political) that employs euphemism, convenient vagueness, numbing repetition, and other such rhetorical subterfuges to create the impression that something has been said. The word, not to be confused with the broader term, "bullshit," was coined by author Neal Stephenson in his speculative-fiction novel Anathem.

According to Stephenson, people who use this type of rhetoric are "more prone than anyone else to taking offense (or pretending to) when their bulshytt is pointed out to them." Ironically, people who use this seemingly confrontational term can be "excluded from polite discourse, unless they say the same thing in a different way, which means becoming a purveyor of bulshytt oneself. The latter quality probably explains the uncanny stability and resiliency of bulshytt."
Source: Anathem (appendix: glossary) Neal Stephenson, 2008.
The best corporate blogs shed their bulshytt and speak to people in the same tone and manner as if reader and blogger were chatting over a keg of beer. There’s a reason for that. People are exposed to plenty of corporate happy-talk and marketing prose in your ads. They don’t need more.
Bulshytt by riskplaya December 2, 2009

Bolshitsattva 

Noun: A person who is enlightened in the art of bullshitting. It is distinguished from low level bullshitters who simply repeat their bullshits daily.
Telemarketer (low level bullshitter): Hi sir would you be interested in buying our product? You need the product to be good looking, to be famous, to be rich, to enjoy life, to survive, and all the good things the world has to offer. It's free for the first 30 days....(bla bla bla)
Bolshitsattva: I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for cash cows, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you shut yourself now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.
Jack Azz: (After a long pause) Good bye. (Hangs up the phone in fear)
Bolshitsattva by RandomDude101 April 24, 2014
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fache-couture 

French slang, which translated, means "bull's fashion" but basically equates to "hyper trendy" or overly trendy. Used when a person wishes to express distaste at the latest fashion trend/fad, because it seems that everyone has a certain item of clothing or is wearing it. This term is most frequently heard in Paris but is slowly spreading to other parts of France.
1. That Burberry scarf is so fache-couture.
2. That purple American Apparel hoodie is so fache-couture.
fache-couture by bkgmh46x0x March 18, 2008
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A slang term for GLP-1 medications(like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, etc.), usually referring to their appetite-killing, weight-loss, or “I forgot to eat” effects rather than the medical details.

Usage:
* Often casual, ironic, or meme-y
* Can imply effortless weight loss, suppressed hunger, or being “powered by pharmaceuticals”

Notes:
Not a brand name—just shorthand for the whole GLP-1 wave. Frequently shows up in online jokes, gym talk, and group chats where people pretend they’re *totally* doing it naturally.
“I’m not dieting, I’m just on that glippy.”
“Ever since the glippy hit, food feels optional.”
“That summer body? Yeah, glippy assisted.”
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fauxstalgia 

Faux nostalgia. Faking old things in an attempt to recapture the feeling of times gone past, especially of technology that has passed.
Hipstamatic pictures, just like the vinyl-static added to digital recordings, is prime fauxstalgia
fauxstalgia by scotte61 December 16, 2010
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