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Boosting Cars 

To Steal or Jack a car that is not yours.

The stolen cars are usually muscle cars, import and domestic street cars, donks and cars of luxury or high trade in value. This practice is very common in cities with many "Chop Shops" such as: Oakland, Detroit, St. Louis, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

The phrase was made known by the movie "Fast and the Furious" (2001) when Dominic (Vin Diesel) finds out Brian (Paul Walker) was incarcerated for "Boosting Cars".
Dom: Boost cars?
Brian: No, never.
Dom: Do time?
Brian: Couple of overnighters. No big deal.
Dom: What about those two years you did in juvie for boosting cars? Tucson, right? I had Jesse run a little background check on you, Mr. Brian Earl Spilner.
Boosting Cars by Axle Foley January 20, 2011
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Brake Boosting 

When in a race (normally from a roll) The operator of a "boosted" (turbocharged) car does a tricky maneuver involving applying brakes then adding in throttle to add more brake smoothly to eventually cause the engine to load up spooling the turbine creating boost/power while maintaining a constant rpm/speed so that when the driver lets off the brakes the car takes off like a bullet.
The car on the left brake boosted on that race.... didn't you hear the turbo spooling before they went?

Brake boosting
Brake Boosting by Tw34kd November 20, 2009

Boosting 

To steal retail items and resell them on the black market.
Women/Men selling knockoff purses in the street are boosting.
Boosting by Goe September 13, 2015

Booning Out

reffers to someone who is completely and utterly unable to hang in social situation. sometimes segregating themselves entirely before events just to try and save face.

to bow out of an otherwise social activity (shots, thc smokage, beer can shotgunning..)

to agree to something until date (or time) of promise only to have change of heart and suddenly neglect responsabilities.
examples..
friend 1: where is Andrew at? i thought we were all taking shots
friend 2: pfft, that guy.. he's booning out

can also be used as an adverb

friend 1: i thought Moe was comming to the show tonight?
friend 2: what can i say? dude booned out

nuke boosting 

this happens in modern warfare 2, when 2 or more nerds join a lobby and use tac inserts and take turns killing eachother till one of them gets a nuke. used most commonly in freeforall. the trick to get rid of it is to go find where they are hiding (easy to tell because tac insert is loud) and rpg the shit out of those cheaters!
nerd1:hey guyz! lets go nuke boosting!
nerd2:ya!!!
*joins lobby*
nerd1:21-22-23-24 kills! 1 more!
*KABOOM RPG*
nerds:nooo!!!!
nuke boosting by ShinyNewArmor January 30, 2010

dougall boosting

Dougall boosting is the practice of exaggerating all situations, likely to distort the truth to make the situation sound more epic/funny/scary/sad.
He basically ran a mile to save the kids in Africa. Man, he just walked across the hall to hand in his pledge form. Stop dougall boosting.
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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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pajama casual 

Pajama casual is a term used when working from home and preparing for a video conference. All business above the waist and your pajama pants down below.
We have a Zoom meeting in a few minutes and I’ll probably go pajama casual.
pajama casual by jrod-knows March 31, 2020
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funflation 

The recent boom in consumer spending on entertainment and experiences with a high demand running up the cost of enjoying of those experiences.
I’m trying to go to this Taylor Swift concert but the funflation has made it so impossible for me to afford tickets.
funflation by Dfree523 November 17, 2023
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Take the big pirogue, I saw a huge swamp dog out there earlier.
swamp dog by Crystal Ambrose May 22, 2006
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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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