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A debriefing, usually following an unexpected incident or crisis, which includes the events, causes, and "lessons learned"; a post mortem.
After the main email server crashed, disrupting service across the enterprise, there was a hotwash involving the entire IT department.
hotwash by QJack May 14, 2003
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A term used in the fire department for a discussion after a fire where out of touch deputy chiefs and battalion chiefs question the decisions of company officers. Generally all feed back is ignored and regardless of outcome all company’s are told they suck.
Good job fellas we saved lives and property now Let’s go to the hotwash and see what we did wrong
Oh, what a bunch of hogwash!
Hogwash by Cloudburst_Juggalo August 14, 2002
Something someone is talking about that the other person does not believe or thinks is stupid
"Stop talking hogwash."
Hogwash by Lolbana March 4, 2016
If not mentioned by a british person, a clean and polite way to say, "BULLSHIT!"
I got a F on my test? Thats total HOGWASH!
hogwash by Jörg December 13, 2006

happy hogwash 

Something old southerners use when describing stuff that is total bullshit and random ass things.
what the hell what kind of happy hogwash is that
happy hogwash by Patty E November 25, 2016

Blunted Hogwash 

Your are blabbering nonsense while intoxicated and/or under the influence of cannabis.
Blunted Hogwash by Cudoskrn May 16, 2011
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age gate 

An absolutely foolproof way to keep minors from viewing content deemed "too mature" for them to watch.
Billy: "So I was trying to watch some videos for an M rated game, and I ran into an age gate, so I put in my real birthday. SOMEHOW it managed to figure out that I am 12. CURSE YOU AGE GATE!!!"

Bill: "Fucking age gate! *quick scroll* THERE! I was born on January 1, 1904. Fuck you age gate."
age gate by Banja January 7, 2011
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board chow 

A)
The Crud that collects under the keys in a keyboard. Usually more severe in the keyboards of programmers and webmasters as they tend to spend a lot of time at the the computer and thus eat at their desk. Mainly affecting IBM Model M (clicly) style boards.

B)
Can also be used to gross out Non-Techie people
A)
Bill: want to go to the club?
Bob: No, I've got to clean out my board chow, keys are starting to stick.

B)
Bill: Want to go out to get a bite?
Bob: No, i am just going to have some of my board chow/
Bill: Whats' that?
Bob: The food scraps that collect in my keyboard; Want some?
Bill: *GAG* *HURL* *GAG*
board chow by BinaryHackerMan September 3, 2007
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young pup 

a young person, a young adult in their late teens/early 20s.
Ah, you're just a young pup at 23!
young pup by the dog May 30, 2006
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West Midlands slang word for rockers, bikers, greasers etc. In the late 1980s it was used by the UK music press to refer to a specific scene centered around the bands Pop Will Eat Itself and Crazyhead. The term never found favour with readers of 'the inkies' (Sounds, Melody Maker and the still extant NME) and was soon dropped. Now often used in predominantly working-class areas of the midlands and the north to mean someone who listens to rock-derived music and/or dresses in a manner that suggests they affiliate themselves with rock music of some kind.
Some grebo passed with Sabbath playing on his stereo.
The Poppies are at no. 17? God, a grebo band in the charts!
They're playing nu-metal now, bloody grebos!
grebo by cactuscat September 15, 2006
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TikTok Farlands

TikTok Farlands is a term to refer to videos that you see after scrolling for a long time. These videos can potentially be disturbing, or weird. Said videos can also have low likes, or low comments.
“I reached the TikTok Farlands bro”
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