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An alternate version of Groovy. Taken from the era of the Jive, a popular dance that originated from the United States around the 1940s. Jivey is used to express excitement and a sense of joy; as one would experience while dancing.
" My day was so jivey; it seemed like it never stopped. "

" How are you? " -- " I'm Jivey, Yourself? "

" Jivey man, I can't believe that track! It rocked the house earthquake style "
Jivey by Viavoid August 31, 2009
Words you can keep
1.A black man or woman.
2. A black person with a difficult attitude.
3. A black person with a swagger.
Jivey by Frank DeGiacomo May 17, 2006
Related Words
Jivey jive jiveturkey Jive-Ass javey jive ass turkey jivvy jived jikeysh jiley
A black person.
A black person with a righteous attitude.
Check out that hot jivey lady over there.
He is an angry jivey man.
That jivey man's got it going on.
Jivey by Frank DeGiacomo May 22, 2006

Dirty Jive

Something so despicably dirty minded it can only be described through jive
"Oi oi that Alex is dirty jive"
"Stop this despicable jive"
Dirty Jive by Jive2k15 November 9, 2015

Dirty Jive

When a situation becomes too filthy to handle
"i cannot believe you just-... dIRTY JIVE"
Dirty Jive by Jive2k15 March 4, 2016

Jiveshake 

Similar to a hanshake except instead of grabbing the whole hand, the participants grab onto the base of the thumb.

Originates from mid 80's black hip-hop culture but is now an accepted greeting among all brothas

Variations include bending the fingers after release, snapping ones fingers or even a fist pound in some cases.
Since I have a diverse group of friends, I often have to switch from the handshake to the jiveshake.
Jiveshake by pp0525 January 8, 2008

jive ass bastard 

A stupid person, possibly fatherless, who thinks they have style but in reality are lame.
Paul: Hey man you see that guy walking over there wearing that lame hat?

Charles: Yeah, what a jive ass bastard.
jive ass bastard by Prakka Lars March 25, 2009
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Salad Days 

green inexperienced youthful judgement and cold blooded execution of those judgements.

Rashness with little concern of consequence.

Antony and Cleopatra. William Shakespeare

"My salad days,
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood."

- William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, 1.5
"How did you end up in jail?"

"Salad days, 'nuf said."
Salad Days by GilbyRFC0 October 7, 2011
Word of the Day on August 28, 2026

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
Word of the Day on August 27, 2026

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
Word of the Day on August 26, 2026

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
Word of the Day on August 25, 2026
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