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move slowly or take up time
i cant dawdle over my coffee much longer
dawdle by seenboo December 26, 2015
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(noun) Something that doesn't ever ripen but proceeds to rot.
He never gets anything accomplished even though he appears to work a lot. He's dawdle.

The white of an "over-easy" egg that remains uncooked and wiggly is dawdle.

A fruit that is purchased in unripe condition and quickly rots instead of ripening is dawdle.
dawdle by semitame September 5, 2005
To move or run at an extreme speed.
They dawdled to the finish line.
Dawdle by Mary was a Webster May 16, 2022
a subject that was argued about in an 8th grade Career Exploration class
Dave: Dawdle means someone who drives slow!
Mary: No it means, a slow person!
Mary was a Webster: Check the urban dictionary and you will see that it actually means to move extremely fast.
dawdle by Webster was a Mary June 1, 2022

del.icio.us dawdle 

Wasting time by looking at people's bookmarks on del.icio.us, usually someone you found because you've saved the same link.
danah likes to reconstruct the identity of a user from bookmarks she encounters during a del.icio.us dawdle, but it's mostly apophenia.
del.icio.us dawdle by PBMax May 1, 2008

hoodly daddle 

The moon, according to the baby boomers who allegedly landed men there in their spare time.
The hoodly daddle sure is bright tonight! You know we landed a man there when I was only in high school? What have you done millennial!
A memer in your A1 meme squad that uses a classic/legendary tier meme incorrectly.
How are you finna meme that bad dawgle?
Dawgle by mnwvv November 6, 2016
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Literally 1984 

Used in response for when someone promotes/advocates an event or idea that is perceived to support "too much" authority and/or government control.

Often used jokingly as a over-exaggeration in political talk.

Can also be used in response to a ban or mute in a forum site or online chat.
Steve: I think that the government should regulate businesses more
Bob: Literally 1984!

--User1 has been permantly banned--
User2: You cant ban my friend like that! Literally 1984!
Literally 1984 by ke1 July 7, 2021
Word of the Day on September 1, 2026

Back when I lived in upstate new york 

A meaningless, unimpressive, self-serving introduction. An indicator that the story about to be shared will be pointless and dumb.
Back when I lived in upstate new york, I also had to park on the street - on two occasions, we got enough snow, mixed with just the right plowing, that my car was lifted off the ground from so much snow being jammed underneath it.
Word of the Day on August 31, 2026
Acronym, meaning Too Long Didn't Understand
Similar to TLDR
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.

Me: Woah! TLDU!
TLDU by L-Evans January 14, 2019
Word of the Day on August 30, 2026
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