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Gripsion 

The ability of the act of holding on to something.
I lost my gripsion, and dropped the ax.
Gripsion by John Stinger November 14, 2011
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When you're so addicted to hard drugs like heroin or fentanyl that you've gone past the point of no return, the drugs can be said to have gripped your brain. In turn, you would call this person a gripson. When they are extremely high and incapacitated, you would refer to them as being gripsoned.
We tried to get everyone ready to go canoeing on the river, but Jordan was gripsoned out of his mind sitting in a camping chair. We had to put sunglasses on him to make it less noticeable and then go without him. What a gripson.
gripson by OnceGreat August 14, 2021
a combination of grip and traction. Used by an Italian friend of mine.
Those tires have great gription in wet weather!
gription by Gerry Stokman May 3, 2004

gripshon 

Traction obtained through a repetitive gripping action.
The running shoes gave him much gripshon on the slippery slope.
gripshon by zeb zotop April 16, 2010

grission 

A combination of grit and passion, especially in baseball. Characterized by performing well in stressful, clutch situations.
"As for this game, the Mets' ... defense tried to give the game away at the end but they just had too much collective grit and passion -- grission, I call it -- to let this one slip through their leaden hands."

From "Amazin' Avenue", May 6, 2009.
grission by gabjoh May 6, 2009
holding or grasping in conjunction with an element of adherent friction between an object and the surface on which it moves; adhesive friction
Rubber gloves add gription making it easier to open those sticky old jelly jars.
gription by kathykat August 2, 2005
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Frothability 

The measure of an emotional and over zealous consumer in an upwardly charging market, also known as a bull market. It's characterized by rising asset prices, increased investor confidence, and favorable growth in the markets, bro.
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Soul digger

A man who dates women with the sole purpose of exploiting their time, energy, and labor while he sucks the joy and happiness from their lives.
"That guy's a soul digger. He'll expect you to work full time, but you'll be doing all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, and childcare while he plays video games or watches TV."
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pod person 

A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.
pod person by Christopher M. May 9, 2005
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A dead drop is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet.

Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. Drug dealers use this as well.

A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.

A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
"The dead drop is the restroom toilet at the Gulf station at the corner of Commercial Ave. and Georges Rd."
dead drop by rubberroom July 23, 2008
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