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(n) the event of leaving school, work, or the house to quickly pick up food for and/or with one's friends. It may occur in groups or it may be done solo, but if it is done alone, the food is brought back to the person's friends.
Person 1: Jimmy went on a food run during his lunch break.
Person 2: But his lunch break is only 20 minutes!
Food Run by C4 Fire July 13, 2010
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When you plan a long run, typically between 7 and 20 miles, to end at a destination for food you would only eat after having finished a long run.
"I mapped a 10-mile food run from lower Manhattan to Bensonhurst because I wanted to reward myself with a giant bowl of pho and vietnamese snacks at the end. (Nevermind that that I live less than a mile away from perfectly delicious pho!)"
food run by AP Styles August 8, 2009

food runner 

In the restaurant industry, food runners work with the kitchen staff and the serves to ensure that the client gets their food correctly and in good time.

They are blamed for everything that gose wrong with the serves, in the kitchen and in life. A food runner just has to keep running food and apologize for something they did not do in order to keep the flow going.

Basically: Run, run, run!!! Screaming, yelling, insulting & no one thanks you for your hard work.
Hey! food runner where's the food for table 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ....21??? They have been waiting a long time!!!
food runner by Someonewithfeelings December 20, 2016

Running like an Ethiopian chasing its food 

Running extremely fast, as if your life is dependent on it. Like you are an Ethiopian whose survival is reliant on catching your prey.
Alex is so fast, running like an Ethiopian chasing its food.

Foodrunk 

The sensation occurring due to extreme overconsumption of edible material. Similar in effect to the sensation caused by overconsumption of alcoholic beverages - hence similarity to word "drunk".
I went out for a meal last night - had thirds because it was delicious and ended up completely foodrunk.
Foodrunk by lamb-retta March 13, 2009

Summer Teeth 

When someone has a lot of missing teeth.
Mannn, that dude has summer teeth!
What do you mean?
Summer here, summer there...
Summer Teeth by BeckPot August 2, 2012
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The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”
Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026
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