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How It's Made 

An Awesome Show That Shows People How Shits Built
Sam:Let's Watch How It's Made!
Jesse:Hell Yeah!

How It's Made Spree 

The action of watching many 'How It's Made' videos in succession, commonly during nights where sleep is not a possibility.
Person 1: Wow, Person 2, you're still awake?

Person 2: Yeah, I'm really bored and I can't sleep; so I'm on a How It's Made spree to pass the time.

how-it's-made boring 

the highest level of boring. frequently boring people to death. deriving its name from the discovery channel show, one of the most boring programs on television, filmed out of Canada and narrated in a monotone.
the lecture on ancient Mayan pottery was how-it's-made boring
how-it's-made boring by d.dz October 25, 2008

How It’s Actually Made

A web series where you get to know how things are made instead of watching the episodes made by Discovery channel. They are all pointless garbage
Example of a How It’s Actually Made episode: “How It’s Actually Made - Bread”
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Pee Calculus

When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.
Pee Calculus by anorlondo October 1, 2026
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Literally "dirty" pronounced with a West Indian accent. Can also have a positive connotation, for example Sean Paul's album title "Dutty Rock".
"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

or, in a positive usage:

"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
Dutty by J Hall April 3, 2003
Word of the Day on October 1, 2026
korean word for madam, older woman
Ajumma wait a moment
Ajumma by aintnotinbutnice July 5, 2009
Word of the Day on September 30, 2026

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
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