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hoppin' john 

Black eyed peas and rice, mixed with ham hocks, or other things. Basically slop for people. Used only by poor whites, and extremely rural blacks. Most likely, the only place you'll hear this word anymore is southern Georgia, or Mississippi or some place like that.

A word most try-hard blacks from the suburbs have no clue what the meaning is, even though they go on and on about how "they luv them sum soul food"
Leroy: Ma'me what you cooking tonight?
Hatty May: I aint nigga. You betta make some hoppin' john from what we had last night. And heat up that Jiffy cornbread!
hoppin' john by mr. waites October 29, 2007

hoppin johns 

Black Eyed Peas. Traditional Southern USA New Year's Eve dish of Black Eyed Peas, spicy sausage, tomatoes and rice.
Hoppin Johns are traditonal Soul Food.
hoppin johns by Roger Scheel January 1, 2009

john Hopkin 

Intelligent, enlightened, curious, funny, childlike, crude, affectionate, smart, manipulative, brilliant, cunning, ignorant, loving, friendliest man you'll ever meet.
john Hopkin by John Rumple March 29, 2021
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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.
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Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
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After we broke up, he was floxi to me.
floxi by Dr. Geek May 13, 2009
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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
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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
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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."
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