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deluminate

The opposite of illuminate.

To dim or "turn down" (as in lighting)
The room was too bright, so Jodi asked me to deluminate it.
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deluminati 

A secret society of member unknown to each other conspiring to keep things on an even keel. Preservers of the status quo.
If not for the work of the deluminati who knows where this world would be?
deluminati by words4play March 23, 2017

deluminator 

a concept made by Rolling (in Harry Potter books), referring to Dumbeldore's silverish tool used to shut down the lights (or to deluminate)
"There's too much light here, hmmm"
"Shud I use the Deluminator?"
"ye"
deluminator by No1One August 24, 2007

deluminator 

also known as a Put-Outer, i.e. someone who puts out
Fred: That girl last night...?
George: Ya Fred, total deluminator...
Fred: You don't mean...?
George: Yes, we were "snogging" all night
deluminator by Zeke Cardigan March 30, 2016

Deluminati 

Another name for psychiatry. Iluminati means the enlightened ones, deluminati means the unenlightened ones or those who fumble in the darkness. Other namesfor psychiatry is liars, murderers, bullies, rapists, pedophiles, slackers and the closest thing to being unemployed.
A qoute from psychiatry itself a.k.a the Deluminati

Solus qui insanus est stultus est et credulus unus - Latin for, the only one who is insane is the stupid and the gullible
Deluminati by Glandonigahn March 31, 2022

Stealthie 

when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.

This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"

FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"
Stealthie by gwenhyfar October 2, 2016
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