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Ability to persevere despite obstacles...usually performed with class or grace.
Cambria showed her mettle when the bowling alley dude informed her that the metal roller business was broken.
mettle by jd33_33 November 11, 2012
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motley crew

An odd and often mismatched assortment of people/ a group of friends or teammates who don't seem like they'd work well together, but somehow they do.
Everyone in my group of friends is really different from one another, but we all get along really well; we're quite a motley crew.
motley crew by LyricaSilvan January 9, 2015
A word invented in The Noise, located in Grey County, Ontario. The word was invented during a party to commemorate the 75th anniversary of skoal. A moitler is a person who does not enjoy shotgunning beers, dipping skoal and eating roadkill.
Doug: "Hey Gord did you see that guy over there who didn't eat that dead raccoon?"

Gord: "Yeah. What a Moitler."

her Motown, you Motley Crue

basically, it's a reference to a May-December cougar romance. A difference between generations. A Mrs. Robinson affair.
Steve and Cyndi are going out together. Steve makes Cyndi feel like she's 28 again. Steve is 28. Cyndi is 54. It's a clear case of a "her Motown, you Motley Crue" romance.

mottephobia 

a major fear of moths, mainly the really big ones. especially when the come near you and buzz right in your ear.
a fear which i admit i have. mottephobia.

never wanting to be near a giant moth in fear of it flying into your ear.
mottephobia by the wind is changing September 12, 2005

Motley Crue week

A week in which a guy has sex with three or more girls.
Alan has been hitting the bars a lot, trying to have a Motley Crue week.
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piddlefart

verb. To waste time doing nothing.
Instead of doing my homework, I decided to piddlefart around for two hours.
piddlefart by Rene April 25, 2005
Word of the Day on October 9, 2026
anyone who succeeds in disgracing/over indulging themselves in the throws of clubland
28 hours and 4 clubs later, gurning for england but still refusing to go home - a total wrongun!!
wrongun by bevvers March 21, 2007
Word of the Day on October 8, 2026

square grouper

Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
square grouper by slipsheet November 6, 2004
Word of the Day on October 7, 2026
A girl who does ballet and only talks about ballet. Her schedule is filled with dance classes which does not allow her to do any other activity.
"Hey, do you know that girl Sally?"

"Yeah, she's kind of annoying. All she ever talks about it ballet."

"Wow, what a Bunhead."

"Hey Sally, you want to hang out this weekend?"
"I can't, I have dance."
"You're such a Bunhead."

"Yeah... I know."
Bunhead by Jen00 October 24, 2014
Word of the Day on October 6, 2026

trucker's tan 

A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
Word of the Day on October 5, 2026
The phenomenon where adults salivate at children's toys
Every time I walk into the toy aisle, I catch myself kidulting over the latest action figures and LEGO sets!
kidulting by Emotional Cruiser October 12, 2025
Word of the Day on October 4, 2026
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