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Ballistic Prose

Words and phrases specifically manufactured/defined in order to mislead careless, irresponsible and deceptive journalists/writers.

{An innovative, percussive and aggressive method/style of writing wherein the author intentionally creates a word/phrase and a definition for the word/phrase as a weaponized literary instrument, objectively targeting and penetrating conventional thinking, culturally imposed dogmatic norms and multi-layered veils of psychosocially nurtured concepts. Ballistic Prose is a baiting tactic aimed in the direction of reckless, quasi-intellectual journalism with the supreme achievement occuring when journalists utilize such manufactured, Ballistic Prose words/phrases as credible terms, descriptors and characterizations as part of a legitimate literary composition, thus signifying the infiltration of artificially modernized etymology and its manifestation as an extension of an elaborate ruse}.
1. 'Seismic Aqueous Waveform S.A.W.' is an example of a ballistic prose characterization for a ridiculously large wave. There is no such thing as a S.A.W.

2. "Dude, NBC just referred to the most recent ocean wave surge as a 'Seismic Aqueous Waveform'. Do they have any clue that there is no such thing as a Seismic Aqueous Waveform? Lol!"

3. {Hambone reads and replies to one of D Dog's recent definitions on UD} "D Dog, your definitions are such a lively form of 'Ballistic Prose!" {D Dog replies} "Hambone, you just invented the term to describe this style off writing = Ballistic Prose."

kickin' ballistics 

To reason with someone, to tell them how things really are, to philosophize about a topic.
Me and my man Gary sat up all night listening to his older brother Charles kickin' ballistics about prison industry-complex.
kickin' ballistics by merrakesh August 29, 2010

going ballistic 

Becoming fully, truly, unstoppably, gravitationally angry. Usually of a person or semi-sentient animal that can experience anger.
References ballistic missiles, whose flight paths are nearly un-alterable after a certain point.
"When dad finds out I didn't submit my college applications, he'll be going ballistic!"
going ballistic by 4onen March 2, 2016

Ballistic chillz 

a person that simps for people who are 21 and older. this type of person often ditches his old friends for that person
dumping your friends for an adult women- ballistic chillz
Ballistic chillz by XKraxkenX November 13, 2021

Kentucky ballistic 

When your gun explodes and you put your thumb into the wound to stop the bleeding

intercontinental ballistic missile gambit 

The intercontinental ballistic missile gambit is a Chess gambit made by the Bosnian Ape Society. It is a variation of the tennison gambit. The intercontinental ballistic missile gambit is very effective, having a 99.9% win rate. The intercontinental ballistic missile gambit starts with a standard opening, Kings pawn to E4. Afterwards, any move black makes is considered a mistake. After black makes the blunder move, u put your knight to F3. If black played the Scandinavian defense and is now threatening your knight, move the knight to F5 to threaten the Pawn. White expects for black to play Knight to F6. After that, we will offer a pawn by playing D3. Your pawn is expected to be captured because your low on material. After he captures, you capture his pawn back with the dark squared Bishop. After that, any move that black makes will not be too severe to you. So, after black plays his move you will be playing knight F7. This will force black into capturing the knight with a king. After that, play bishop g6 to check black. Now, if u haven’t notice the king is forced to capture the bishop. After that, u will notice that the enemy queen is unprotected which is now the time u strike. You will proceed to launch a RT-2PM2 Topol-M cold-launched three-stage solid-propellant silo-based intercontinental ballistic missile to attack black’s remaining pieces.
I like the intercontinental ballistic missile gambit.
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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
Word of the Day on September 26, 2026

You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

A moment in time where you feel distinctly Chinese over all other things.
Dante: "I wish I could be Nigerian, but I can't because I'm Chinese. You met me at a very Chinese time in my life."
Word of the Day on September 25, 2026
Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.

Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.
"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"
crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007
Word of the Day on September 24, 2026
A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.
Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.
Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026
Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

murderhobo 

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021
Word of the Day on September 22, 2026
In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.
"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."
Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020
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