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breaking up 

What Gabe and Katie will be doing in a couple weeks.
breaking up by Liar September 14, 2003

Breaking Up 

A feeling worst than getting stubbed by ten knives. The moment when the most important person in your life becomes a stranger.
Breaking Up is like Gotye's famous song, s/he becomes "somebody that you used to know"
Breaking Up by Mafalda December 2, 2018

Breaking Up 

1. The end of a relationship, affair, fling or situations hip.

"Where's Nastya?"
"She broke up with me.."

2. The end of a band.

"Did you hear the Metal Skulls broke up?"
"Damn that sucks.."

3. The end of a political entities.

"The Soviet Union broke up in 1989."

4. The end of any other type of relationship or partnership.
"I haven't heard from the customer in a while. I think they might be breaking up with us."
Breaking Up by KevH38 August 16, 2025

You’re breaking up! 

That handy “go-to” excuse one can use to effectively conclude an annoying conversation when speaking on a cell phone, whether it’s true or not.
It’s a pretty clear cue to me when my husband uses, “You’re breaking up!” when we’re both talking on land lines that we’ve reached the end of the conversation!

we are breaking up

man you need to find another girl
we are breaking up by birbie 919 October 1, 2023

are we breaking up? 

I haven't seen you in a long time. You haven't returned my texts with the speed you normally do. You seem like you are kind of distant when we talk or text. Usually said to someone you are clearly not in a relationship with.
I haven't heard from you all day. Are we breaking up?
are we breaking up? by muscratgrrl August 22, 2018
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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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Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
After we broke up, he was floxi to me.
floxi by Dr. Geek May 13, 2009
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NYC people who migrate north to Quahog, RI to see the leaves in the fall.
New York and everyone from there can fornicate themselves with an iron stick.
leafers by ss++ February 8, 2005
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