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Debonics 

The ability to temporarily alter one's speech patterns, vocabulary, and grammar from native Ebonics to a more standardized style of the English language, with the goal of improving communication and understanding.
You'd never guess my cousin was raised in the hood by his mastery of debonics around wealthy clients.
Debonics by Vellichor May 19, 2018
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Similar in historical beginnings as ebonics, dwebonics is a variation of articulate english generally used by those in high-tech fields, Star Trek fans, politicians.

It is characterized as substituing relatively easy words and phrases with overly complicated ones.
Dwebonics: "Initiate water propogation through valve manipulation."
English: "Turn on the hose."

Dwebonics: "I have remotely calibrated the Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation optical encoding device to emanate visual/audio depictions"
English: "I turned on the DVD player"
dwebonics by JacknRochNY September 7, 2007

mickey mousing

In a movie, when the music is syncronized perfectly with the action, just like a mickey mouse cartoon.
Mickey mousing is used in the shower scene of Psycho
Word of the Day on July 8, 2026

Haram ball

A terrible style of football which is used to win games. Usually used when a team faces a better opponent and will get 11 players behind the ball.
Diego Simeone has mastered the art of haram ball. Atletico Madrid are the worst side to watch
Haram ball by Kuffarboy April 6, 2022
Word of the Day on July 7, 2026
excessive nice speech, the opposite of ragebaiting
adrian: i hope you have a nice day and never get sad!
enrique: joybait ❤️ 🩹🌹
Word of the Day on July 6, 2026

fudanshi 

Boys who enjoy yaoi (a genre in Japan that contains sexual and/or romantic relations between two men); literally translates to "rotten boy"; corresponding female : fujoshi
Alex blatantly displayed his fudanshi side to his friends.
fudanshi by Yuri Katsuki January 13, 2017
Word of the Day on July 5, 2026