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To be active or awake during the day.

Antonym of nocturnal
I am diurnal
Diurnal by The Gadd July 29, 2011
The actual word for any animal or human who is active during the day and sleeps during the night.
Person 1: Haha dude, your sleeping habits are so weird. I'm just dayturnal.
Person 2: What the fuck is that?
Person 1: It means I sleep in the night and am active during the day. I saw it on Urban Dictionary, it was the word of the day!
Person 2: There's already a word for that fuckwit, it's called "diurnal." You can't just make up words that already exist. I guess Urban Dictionary is administrated by retards.
Diurnal by Person McGuire July 7, 2011
The opposite of nocturnal; by day.
Most people are diurnal, although some people are like night-owls and are nocturnal.
diurnal by Alfajor July 7, 2011
di·ur·nal
/dīˈərnl/
Verb

The act of urinating into two urinals with one dick.
“I diurnaled at Veterans Stadium just so that fuck in the Emmitt Smith jersey had to wait.”
Diurnal by John Koktosten November 13, 2019

Diurnal Bisexual

A person who is straight when awake, but in dreams have sexual fantasies about others who are the same gender as him/herself. usually happens when stressed, having doubts about a relationship or after watching a chick flick/action movie.
EXAMPLE:

Sarah: Hi john.

Sarah's BF John: hey sarah have any cool dreams lately?

Sarahs thoughts: dont say anything about the dream you had last night about mary....

Sarah: nope

John: oh okay.

Sarah's thoughts: i knew i shouldn't have watched "jennifers body" last night... damn megan fox turning me into a Diurnal Bisexual..
Diurnal Bisexual by asian_waffles February 10, 2010

Scatalogically Similar: Diurnal Discrepancy 

The way you can say "Same Shit: Different Day" to family, friends, boss, co-workers, priests, cops, Oprah Winfrey, Sarah Palin etc and sound highly literate.

It even has the same acronym (SSDD).
Scholar 1: "How goes the research into Shakespeare's use of Jungian allegory in his tragedies?"

Scholar 2: "Scatalogically Similar: Diurnal Discrepancy."

Scholar 3: "Ah yes, indeed." (Cluemeter reading zero)
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countrypolitan 

Term used to describe someone who is a mix of both rural (country) and urban (metropolitan) lifestyles/upbringings. He/she is typically equally comfortable in both settings and is able to seamlessly slip back and forth between the two, appreciating the characteristics of each.
That ol' gal of mine drives the 12 lane freeway during the week and a John Deere on the weekends. She likes opra and the Grand Ol' Opry. I love them countrypolitan women.
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