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hollywood hangup 

When you hang up the phone without indication. Typical people will give some indication the conversation is over, "see you later," good bye," "talk to you soon," etc. But as Hollywood movies have taught us, this is not necessary. When you are finished with what you have to say, hang up.
-"Did you get the memo I sent you, Rob?"
-"Yes, but I will read it later."

(click.)
hollywood hangup by blueck November 24, 2005
Word of the Day on December 7, 2005

Hookup Hangup 

1.(noun) The halting of a casual hook-up only “relationship.” The cease the hookup situation you are currently involved in.
2.To be used in lieu of break-up, when there was no official relationship to begin with.
3.(verb) Hang his/her hook up
Ex.(noun)

“Matt’s crazy”
“Yea I know, this needs to be a hookup hangup”
OR
(verb)
“Matt’s crazy”
“Yea I know, you need to hook his hang up”

false hangup 

Hanging up on someone (not really) and talking shit about them to someone else while they can still hear.
Casey: Oh my god, i was talking to Shannon last night and i false hung up on her and said some bad stuff. Then she called back and told me she heard. I was so embarassed.

Steven: I hate False hangups.
false hangup by me278 August 1, 2007

Double Hangup 

the act of after arguing with someone on the phone to hang up on them, making sure you slam the phone down, then calling them back, shouting "YEAH THATS RIGHT!" into the phone and hanging up AGAIN.

Sourced from nixus
man my bitch pissed me off so much last night on the phone that I gave her the double Hangup
Double Hangup by Paul August 12, 2004

indian hangup 

Putting a phone on mute in an attempt to get the other person to hangup, avoiding any consequences of hanging up the phone yourself.
That tech support agent just pulled an Indian hangup.
indian hangup by johndoe4096 August 25, 2011

hangupable 

The ability of an item to be stored by hanging up.
Put all of the hangupable items in the closet; the remainder should be stored in the dresser.
hangupable by mrslp December 4, 2010
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Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

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Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026
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murderhobo 

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

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Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021
Word of the Day on September 22, 2026
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