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deleterious 

adjective

1 - having a harmful effect, eg to health

2 - the panicky paranoid state of mind which inspires one to go through old emails, texts, etc, deleting anything which may be vaguely incriminating
I found my girlfriend going through my phone, but it's ok cos I got a bit deleterious last week and wiped those drunk text messages to my ex from my outbox
deleterious by jwgrooves September 5, 2010

deleterious 

Causing harm or damage.
Divorce is assumed to have deleterious effects on children.
deleterious by Kate Hines January 10, 2009

anal deleter 

a term used to discribe ass holes who try and remove every definition on this site because they take UD.com WAY too seiusly
chances are some anal deleter will appose my defenition
anal deleter by Sairah Malawista November 15, 2004

deleters 

people who come on this site and go around getting things deleted at random, just because THEY dont agree with it. wich is pretty sad. Even more sad than making up a word to describe them.
"Those damned deleters got my definition of slapper deleted, maaan it took me a week to write that."
deleters by Joe December 6, 2003

deleters 

"Deleters"- plural n. deleter
1. One who deletes a wall post or e-mail before one has read the contents. To ignore incessant bloggers/spam/threads without regard for sender's feelings.
2. People of the digital age who pretend not to be.
3. Buttheads.
Most of the people in this thread aren't even responding to my comments. They must be deleters.
deleters by BeemeiValentine January 26, 2009
The only correct word for the tool used to delete pencil
Ms, I need a deleter
Deleter by Takeafuckingguess October 7, 2018
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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.

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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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murderhobo 

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021
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