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verb. to drink coffee in conscious preparation for needed alertness and mental stamina. variation of "cowboy up."
I have to coffee up before boring seminars at work; otherwise I'll sleep through them.

If I don't coffee up by 10 am, I can't get anything done all day.
coffee up by Ryan Anderson August 3, 2007
Minted by legendary ODOT workhorse Monica K. to mean "get enough caffeine in my system to make this mind-numbingly boring task/meeting/concept/social environment/monotonous auditory drone tolerable for exactly the length of time it will last and not one (expletive deleted) instant longer.
You'd best coffee up, this meeting is liable to be about the importance of "affect" versus "effect" in spoken correspondence.

-or-

I'm gonna coffee up, this may get dull.

-or-

Coffee up, bitches, this ain't stir your cesspool one damn bit.
Coffee Up by Ken no Oni October 21, 2008

Warm up my coffee

A lie to tell someone when you want/need to sneak off to have a cigarette or to get an extra break from work or any activity.
Kenny, would you mind watching my line so i can go warm up my coffee?

Warm up my coffee

Slang used in the food and drink industry when a person’s coffee has become cold, and the customer or server asks to refill their cup with coffee from a hot pot.
Ma’am, can you warm up my coffee by pouring in some from that hot freshly made batch?
Warm up my coffee by justsayruh October 10, 2021

gay up the coffee

adding a little Scotch, Whisky, Gin, Vodka, or really any alcohol, to your mornin' coffee
Oh do be a darling and gay up the coffee, will you? Thaaaaanks!
gay up the coffee by Sudoku December 25, 2007

Peters up a coffee

As a trade employee, on your way to work before going to the jobsite, you stop in at your employers office to take a shit & steal a coffee
Just gonna stop at the office to peters up a coffee
Peters up a coffee by tbor852 November 4, 2025
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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
Slop Grenade by Joe Squid September 28, 2026
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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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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."
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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
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