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When mouthed to someone it looks as though the person mouthing it is saying "I love you."
1st person (silently mouthing): Colorful
2nd person: Awww, I love you, too.
Colorful by AmyElizabeth95 December 14, 2010
a somewhat light way of describing someone that is blatantly gay/ a flaming homosexual
Ryan Seacrest seemed to be acting extra colorful on Idol last night.
Colorful by thunderstruck94 January 12, 2011
You use colors a lot
i am colorful
colorful by you colorful February 10, 2023

Colorful Friendship 

Usually used as slang in Brazil, a colorful friend is a person who you can have an open sexual relationship with without a commitment. Brazillian name for "friends with benefits".
Oh him? No, we're not dating; we have a colorful friendship.
Colorful Friendship by Fulvia May 27, 2009

Colorful Surprise 

a brightly colored and unexpected artwork similar to what children in grade school experience when they color a piece of paper, then color over it with solid black crayon. When the black crayon is scraped off, there is a colorful surprise.
I like my women to have tats on their cleavage. That way, you get a colorful surprise when you squeegee-off the Cleveland Steamer.
Colorful Surprise by EMaceator April 22, 2010

Colorful Person 

euphemism for someone who has flamboyant, non-traditional way of conducting herself.
Andrew is such a colorful person, I never know whether he is joking or being serious.
Colorful Person by Alex2100 September 6, 2016
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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
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