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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technologies for use by the military.
The DARPA Grand Challenge is a prize competition for American autonomous vehicles, funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the most prominent research organization of the United States Department of Defense. Congress has authorized DARPA to award cash prizes to further DARPA's mission to sponsor revolutionary, high-payoff research that bridges the gap between fundamental discoveries and military use.
DARPA by Dani_elle May 10, 2014
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N. The emotion you feel when something is really really cool and really really horrible at the same time.

V. The act of making one feel the noun above.

Proper usage is in all capital letters, as the word refers to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

(for more information, see the cracked.com article '6 New Weapons That You Literally Cannot Hide From')
I couldn't be any more DARPA right now.

Reading that article totally DARPA'd me.
DARPA by dexi April 4, 2010
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DARPA hard

"DARPA hard" is shorthand for something considered extremely hard to achieve. The phrase comes from the US agency DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) who are often tasked with coming up with solutions to very difficult problems (e.g. coming up with stealth technology to prevent aircraft being shot down). The implication is that only resources of the scale available to DARPA's would be required to crack the problem.
Giving every soldier the ability to know the position of every other solidier on the battlefield - that's going to be DARPA hard.
DARPA hard by Aaron January 8, 2004

daravidi 

A video uploaded on youtube by some seemta players who are generally pretty bad shooters and get banned 30 minutes after registering their 77th account.
- Look, Bencx uploaded a new daravidi!
- Bruh, Orion probably banned him by now.
daravidi by Smeltherienge November 30, 2021
Dara is a true beauty! She is a loyal friend and very humble. She does not want to burden you with her problems but will always be there for you! Once she knows she can trust you she'll talk like crazy. Dara has mood swings but she always bounces back to her sweet self. Dara is the type of person that looks at the bigger picture or outside the box, never giving up. Dara is self-conscious but is really a 'rare beauty' ;) and doesn't even know it. If you meet Dara never lose her because she is the best friend you'll even have!
Man I wish I was Dara she's so pretty!

Dara is awesome! I wish I were like her!
Dara by oolono July 24, 2020
Daras is someone who is interested in law and learning random facts and will have information on absolutely any subject. It is an uncommon but really cool name that is made from the word "darshan" which means receiving a blessing in Hinduism.
Look over there it's Daras! Let me ask him to name all the 27 amendments.
Daras by grass_eater January 30, 2022

darasimi 

A name meaning God is with me. He/she is wanted by everyone sometimes playful and jovial and also tough.
let's go and darasimi the event
darasimi by booked March 8, 2019
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* Often casual, ironic, or meme-y
* Can imply effortless weight loss, suppressed hunger, or being “powered by pharmaceuticals”

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Not a brand name—just shorthand for the whole GLP-1 wave. Frequently shows up in online jokes, gym talk, and group chats where people pretend they’re *totally* doing it naturally.
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Hipstamatic pictures, just like the vinyl-static added to digital recordings, is prime fauxstalgia
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pajama casual 

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We have a Zoom meeting in a few minutes and I’ll probably go pajama casual.
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