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Common Courtesy 

Holding the door for someone behind you; Showing respect for the other person.

Common Courtesy 

a. to be polite and to respond timely to invitations because you shouldn't be a douchebag and say MAYBE to an invitation because you know people have to fucking cook for a certain amount of people!!!

b. to talk to other guests at a dinner party and not avoiding eye contact and acutally listening to the hostess when she says "please sit down"

c. not being a major douchebag
"hey, can you sit down and have some common courtesy for your hostess?"
Common Courtesy by kimmywong December 31, 2005

Common Courtesy 

Telling someone when you unplug there phone to plug yours in.
I thought my phone was charging this whole time but Paige unplugged it, she has no common courtesy.
Common Courtesy by Truc4 November 19, 2017

common courtesy reach around 

Used when two gay guys have sex doggy style. The "top" guy gives the "bottom" guy pleasure by reaching round and masturbating the penis. Can be used by non gays to describe someone who has not done something that you would expect them to do due to "common courtesy".

Also, if someone is a tight arse.
Dan "That dude did not hold the door open for me"

Mike "Yeah - I bet he doesn't do the common courtesy reach around either"

Common Courtesy 

That new, amazing album by pop punk/metalcore wondergroup A Day To Remember.
Have you heard the new ADTR album?
What, Common Courtesy, it's f**king amazing!
Common Courtesy by Welchy720 October 9, 2013

Common Courtesy 

1. Rare Courtesy

2. The basic level of politeness which you expect from someone in your idealistic world. It no longer exists in this world. Thus, it should be rendered an archaic word because it is extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period.

P.S. It should also be removed from the dictionary because it is no longer necessary in the English language.
Common Courtesy by JBMiller September 27, 2018
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Pee Calculus

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I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.
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"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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