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hectoring 

When someone lashes and is more grouchy than happy for the smallest of things, a person who is hectoring usually shuts themselves off from the outside world after having a rant or tantrum. The Act of hectoring is also how quickly a person can get upset and how abruptly their tone of voice goes from calm to angry in a matter of seconds.
Roommate 1: Hey, I forgot to take the trash out today, sorry dude.
Roommate 2: WHAT THE HELL, YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS!!!
Roommate 1: I said sorry dude, I completely forgot.
Roommate 2: I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT ANYMORE, LEAVE ME ALONE!!! (walks away)
Roommare 1: Geesh..that escalated quickly, I wish he would stop hectoring and just get over it.
hectoring by 00pseudonym00 May 14, 2014

Hectoring 

When your supposed to attend an event but cancel for no legitimate reason
Dude, I can't believe chase didn't show up the the bbq.....he is always hectoring out of things.
Hectoring by Soulstryke June 1, 2018

hectoring off 

Slacking off, usually done by a hector but it is possible to be done by others.
Guy 1: Yo you see that dude there?
Guy 2: Yeah bro he is totally hectoring off right now.
hectoring off by Lil' Wang June 26, 2017

Hectorious

Adj. To have conquered righteously. When one is the Victor, we say he is Victorious. When one is the Hector, we say he is Hectorious.
At long last, we are Hectorious!
Hectorious by ILUVCARZ May 26, 2009

heckering 

When you proceed to drink so much you start making up new words.
Oh crap, he's heckering right now.. just made up some word called kipe.
heckering by NrdPmp November 3, 2013

Rectoring 

A shorter form of refactoring.

In software 'refactoring' code means changing the layout of the code, without changing it's behaviour.

Rectoring code means refactoring it with an automated tool rather than wasting time refactoring it by hand.
I think refactoring this code is going to take too long, and be prone to bugs. Rectoring it with an automated tool would take far less time and be far easier.
Rectoring by Danack May 5, 2020
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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
A US deep south term for an alligator. Usually used in the Cajun dialect.
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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