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PRINCE HARMING SYNDROME 

Young women’s tendency to become involved in troubled relationships with the wrong men…over and over again.
"Jane must be suffering from prince harming syndrome. Her new boyfriend seemed sexy at first, but last night he was selfish, mean and disrespectful. He'll probably turn out to be slime...just like her last boyfriend."
PRINCE HARMING SYNDROME by QNY August 25, 2009

PRINCE HARMING

That hot, fun, smart and successful man who is delicious at the get-go. But upon a closer look, this man is superficial, selfish, immature and slimey—he is sometimes referred to as a frog. Prince Harmings weigh down independent, young women and create harmful relationships.
Kelly: "I can't believe Bobby lied to me again!"
Stephanie: "Kelly, don't act so surprised. Bobby's hurt you before. He is such a Prince Harming!"

"Chris Brown done beat Rhianna again, he sure is a Prince Harming!"
PRINCE HARMING by QNY August 25, 2009

Global Harming 

Global Harming is 6 billion humans burning millions of barrels of oil per day, millions of tons of coal, huge quantities of natural gas, cutting down forests, raising billions of animals that produce methane and creating insane amount of garbage.
It's not Global Warming you should be concerned about, Global Harming is real.
Global Harming by TheRafMan February 12, 2009

scratch-harming 

where one scratches at their skin till it bleeds. Where one scratches under their long hair and produces a red irritated area. Usually done by self-harmers who are less self-confident to do wrist or thigh cuts.
I can't go to the hair-stylist because i scratch-harm.
I can't pull up my hair on my side because then people will discover I am currently scratch-harming.

Prynce Harming

Sexy and somewhat androgenous guitarist for Hate In the Box. Rumor has it that he humps cats, though...
Dude got drunk and pulled a Prynce Harming on his poor cat in front of everybody!
Prynce Harming by ~A BrOkEn ToY~ October 20, 2004

self harming troll 

When a user of the Internet gets caught by their own misuse of the Internet.
I.e when a user searches for the definition of a word that is unknowingly spelt incorrectly, only to find it on a site that they themselves have listed it on as a stupid way of spelling said word.

"Tom was a self harming troll when he looked up 'urben dictionary', only to find he was the one that had earlier defined it as a stupid person's way of spelling 'urban dictionary''.
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Slop Grenade

When someone uses AI to generate a large document, slide deck, or piece of code/software and tosses it over the fence for you to deal with.
Chad: Hey Brent I sent you the new backend API change to review, it’s only 100 files changed.

Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
Slop Grenade by Joe Squid September 28, 2026
Word of the Day on September 29, 2026
Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
After we broke up, he was floxi to me.
floxi by Dr. Geek May 13, 2009
Word of the Day on September 28, 2026
NYC people who migrate north to Quahog, RI to see the leaves in the fall.
New York and everyone from there can fornicate themselves with an iron stick.
leafers by ss++ February 8, 2005
Word of the Day on September 27, 2026

Respectfully 

Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.
Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.

After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.
Respectfully by john quan the first December 20, 2020
Word of the Day on September 26, 2026

You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

A moment in time where you feel distinctly Chinese over all other things.
Dante: "I wish I could be Nigerian, but I can't because I'm Chinese. You met me at a very Chinese time in my life."
Word of the Day on September 25, 2026
Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.

Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.
"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"
crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007
Word of the Day on September 24, 2026
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