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Freebooting 

Taking online media and re-hosting it on your website. Engaged in piracy or plunder. Mean-spirited swashbuckling of the internet age.
Re-uploading someone else's Youtube video to your Youtube channel.

Newspapers freebooting by uploading CGP Grey's or Brady Haran's Youtube videos into their video players to make money from ads.

"Oh those freebooters taking our videos! I'm sick of it. Freebooting, you know, it's a serious issue!" -Brady Haran

freebooting 

The act of posting other people's original content online to for personal gain, without permission of the content creator.
"Oh those freebooters taking our videos, I'm sick of it! This freebooting is a serious issue, we need to do something about it!"
- Brady Haran, Hello Internet #5: Freebooting

"Somebody freebooted a clip of our podcast and put it on YouTube"
- C, G. P. Grey, Hello Internet #5: Freebooting
freebooting by GooseHonk March 18, 2014

freebooter 

A person engaging in the act of freebooting.
"Did you see CGPgrey's video on *INSERT COMMON NEWSPAPER*'s website? They're freebooters!"
freebooter by IllegalLaws May 4, 2014

freecoolin 

Czech and Slovak word used for describing 'freecoolins' - usually younger people that believe in freedom but ultimately submit to the very latest fashions and must posses all the latest clothes, gadgets, cars, etc...

Some freecoolins may actually believe that the word itself is a compliment - that it's "cool" to be a freecoolin...

This urban slang comes from a combination of the words: free-cool-in.
Slacker #1 - Yo what's with the new jacket bro!?
Slacker #2 - Ehh... I bought it in London last week.
Slacker #1 - Hahaha, you're such a freecoolin! xD
Slacker #2 - LOL :D
freecoolin by shlooky September 26, 2009

Freebooting 

Reposting someone else's content for your personal gain, without the creator's permission. Stealing views that would have otherwise gone to the creator.
Someone reposted my video to their YouTube channel, and now their copy went viral. I can't believe they're freebooting me like this!
Freebooting by viewjacker February 7, 2018

Freebootery

Whoring one's self out, giving booty for free. Early 20th century term for a slut.
Dude 1: Dude that chick last night was just giving out booty for free!
Dude 2: Indeed, the morales of that freebootress were quite loose.
Dude 1: Thats what she said.
Dude 2: Please don't diminish the impending threat of freebootery.
Freebootery by freebooterist May 9, 2009
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fauxstalgia 

Faux nostalgia. Faking old things in an attempt to recapture the feeling of times gone past, especially of technology that has passed.
Hipstamatic pictures, just like the vinyl-static added to digital recordings, is prime fauxstalgia
fauxstalgia by scotte61 December 16, 2010
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pajama casual 

Pajama casual is a term used when working from home and preparing for a video conference. All business above the waist and your pajama pants down below.
We have a Zoom meeting in a few minutes and I’ll probably go pajama casual.
pajama casual by jrod-knows March 31, 2020
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funflation 

The recent boom in consumer spending on entertainment and experiences with a high demand running up the cost of enjoying of those experiences.
I’m trying to go to this Taylor Swift concert but the funflation has made it so impossible for me to afford tickets.
funflation by Dfree523 November 17, 2023
Word of the Day on October 13, 2026
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Take the big pirogue, I saw a huge swamp dog out there earlier.
swamp dog by Crystal Ambrose May 22, 2006
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Throat Sweats 

The feeling and build up in your mouth/throat of saliva that sometimes accompanies nausea.
Oh man those burritos gave me the throat sweats, I hope I don’t have food poisoning.
Throat Sweats by TacoFings420 April 23, 2024
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Being ignored by someone when making a statement or asking a question. Also known as blanked and turfed.
Person 1: Did u watch ** last nite?
Person 2:......
Person 3: O no u got aired!
aired by Pietro February 9, 2005
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