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What I fucking hear students say when they mention their future career in college. Because we all know that a lucrative career leads to us to talking about our new Cadillacs to each other, how much miles per gallon they get and what-fucking-ever.
Student: "I can't wait to finish college and get a job!"

Other Student: "Yeah! We'll open the garage doors to a lucrative CAR-eer!"
Car-eer by Zroogz June 6, 2018
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hand career

A hand job that goes on too long.
After 15 minutes, the hand job turned into a hand career.
hand career by humpyfister March 29, 2010

Health Careers High School 

The closest thing that you will reach to hell on earth
Health Careers High School makes the rest of life seem like cake

shit of my career 

A landmark bowel movement, followed by a tremendous sense of relief.
"I just had the shit of my career," Amy said with a sly grin.
shit of my career by texasguy September 28, 2006
Something that society forces upon people, esp. nowadays. If you do not have a career, people automatically assume you are a lazy good-for-nothing bum. An unnecessary thing to have, and it's a shame that so many people spend all their lives aspiring to have a career. The concept is installed into most western children from birth, as their first twenty-odd years of their life is dedicated to "education", which generally teaches people to become "clever". Being "clever" means you will have a "good" career.

The majority of humans hate their careers, and up dying miserable. But hey, at least they paid off their mortgage.

Also, a pretentious way of saying "job".
"Careers are a twentieth century invention, and I don't want one" - Christopher McCandless:
ca⋅reer {kuh-reer}

–noun
1. A long period of servitude in exchange for operating capital and the promise of financial security and much needed health care coverage on release; golden handcuffs.
2. The mistakenly desired outcome of 16+ years of education.
3. An affliction whose symptoms are loss of life & liberty, general purpose misery, and resentment towards those who are unaffected.
4. A euphemism for 'professional labour camp'; these 'camps' are required to support capitalism's unsustainable drive for never ending growth.
Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid.

- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
Career by Loki's Friend September 19, 2009

careered 

reaching ones peak/pinacle of success, the best you will ever do or get
He totally careered it with her, she's hot" " He careered it with you, he'll never be able to get someone who is the complete package like you
careered by PrettyPinkglitter November 7, 2010
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trucker's tan 

A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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The phenomenon where adults salivate at children's toys
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Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
According to the boffins downstairs, the murderer used a serrated blade.
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Pee Calculus

When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.
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Literally "dirty" pronounced with a West Indian accent. Can also have a positive connotation, for example Sean Paul's album title "Dutty Rock".
"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

or, in a positive usage:

"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
Dutty by J Hall April 3, 2003
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korean word for madam, older woman
Ajumma wait a moment
Ajumma by aintnotinbutnice July 5, 2009
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