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The act of sharing a video of you doing something idiotic or asinine, but thinking you came out of it looking good.
Dod you see that video Bob shared of him shooting himself in the junk?

Yeah, he was Cawthorning pretty hard there. Claims he did it to "own the libs", and that he would do it again.
by mithras March 16, 2021
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May 4 Word of the Day
A portmanteau of carpe diem, a Latin phrase that means “Seize the Day!” and DM, which stands for Direct Messages. This word means seizing the day via DMs.
Dude 1: Bro I just got Arnold Schwarzenegger’s number!
Dude 2: Carpe DM, bro, Carpe DM.
by LolWut098 December 30, 2020
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