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Mateship 

Australian in origin; to abandon your citizens overseas during a global pandemic and then threaten them with jail time if they try to return back home
Australia's COVID response has been an excellent demonstration of mateship.
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Mateship 

Australian way of friendship, but is greater than friendship. It is treating people equally, regardless of race, gender, creed, religion, etc, and isn't shallow.
I don't want a friendship with you, I want us to have a mateship.
Mateship by Desert Paintbrush October 22, 2010

mateship 

A bond between australian men that runs deep - very deep!
I would like to mateship you
mateship by Johan1991 January 23, 2009

Mateship 

1. A relationship similar to friendship, but beyond. An unbreakable bond between two people regardless of sex, age, race, religion etc. Particularly used in reference to Australians and the Australian Military.

2. (On occasion) Relationship of two friends which includes regular sex (both casual and ranked competitive). Most usually between males.
1. It was their Mateship that kept him going on.
2. It was their Mateship that kept him going on.
Mateship by Chrithpynator April 5, 2021
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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.

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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.
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Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.

Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.
"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"
crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007
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A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.
Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.
Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026
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murderhobo 

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021
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