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1. To rot: To decompose and become soft, crumbly, or liquefied, or make something do this.

2. To decline in quality gradually and steadily, or make something do this.

3. To undergo spontaneous disintegration.

4. To decrease gradually in magnitude.

5. To decrease gradually in altitude.
1. The corpse is in an advanced decay.
2. Because they kept mixing their coke with sugar, the quality decayed.
3. The fosfor decayed.
4. Refers to a physical quantity or effect.
5. When in space, a satellite starts descending, orbit decays.
Decay by Jafje April 15, 2007
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Noun

1 : a gradual decline in strength, soundness, or prosperity or in degree of excellence or perfection
2 : a wasting or wearing away : RUIN, ROT

Verb

1 : to decline from a sound or prosperous condition
3 : to fall into ruin

Other

1 : One of my nicknames; brought on from the phonetic spelling of my initials, DK.
Noun

The outer walls of the house had been overcome by decay.

Verb

The decaying tree stump was removed from our backyard.

Other

"Hi. I'm Decay :)"
Decay by Toxi April 30, 2005
when a person so dead (Tired, Lonely, Sad) but they alive, being social and not letting people now.
( Don't take this seriously Plz XD)
" I know him, he's so decayed always out here doing something, and then he go sulk at home"
Decay by CartlynTheORINO March 20, 2022

decay dance 

decay dance is part of the "Fueled by Ramon" record company.Decay Dance is owned by Pete Wentz the bassist and lyricist for Fallout Boy.Decay Dance has signed bands such as Panic! At the Disco and The Acadamy Is... .
P!@TD-"We got signed to decay dance YAY"
decay dance by mybabybass August 23, 2006

truth decay 

What a person has when they feel that not only don't they have to tell the truth, but that the truth doesn't even matter.
My ex is such a fibber. Every time she opens her mouth there is a strong odor of truth decay!
truth decay by talk2me-JCH2 December 20, 2020

QuincyK till my bones decay. 

we hate quincies ☠️☠️🙏😀🙏🙏🙏🙏🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯👿😀🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🆙
"have you heard of TYPE://SOUL ? its the best game ever!! i went quincy and its so fun!"
"kill yourself quigger, QuincyK till my bones decay."

Social Decay 

The state of a city and it's culture when it's population is too great and the subsequent infrastructural/behavioral problems that are associated with excess become obvious. Social decay occurs and can be seen on both the physical level of everyday life in a city (abandoned buildings, vacant collapsing houses, streets in poor condition, etc) and on the emotional state of it's inhabitants (narcissism, social anxiety, paranoia, etc). Typically people are generalized into a vast and generic group called "strangers" and these strangers are often ignored completely (by other strangers) in order to keep the city running efficiently and problems associated with poor behavior suppressed. The only time strangers interact with each other is when one stranger offers another stranger a service or something that the other stranger needs or wants.
Examples of Social Decay:

Stranger A: Would you like a bag for your food?
Stranger B: Yes

Stranger A: Would you like to help out the homeless today?
Stranger B: No

Stranger A: Hey baby, can I buy you a drink?
Stranger B: Sure

Stranger A: Can I sit here?
Stranger B: I don't know man, it's too hard to tell!

Other Examples:

People that are afraid to leave their apartment because of fear of strangers.

People that feel they are eroding but only as an expression of what they see around them.

The overall and overwhelming sensation that everything is collapsing and must be destroyed to start anew.

A car on fire.

Police shooting protestors.

Gang violence.
Social Decay by Tamed Animals January 9, 2012
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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
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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."
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Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.

Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.
"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"
crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007
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A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.
Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.
Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026
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