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1. A word denoting that a person or object is found to be wanting.

2. An exclamation used when something is found to be hilariously inadequate or unsatisfactory.

3. Abbreviation of Special Needs, i.e. Mentally or Physically retarded.
1. Dude 1 "I'm not coming out tonight, I'm watching Lost."

Dude 2 "Rah boy, you've got needs."

2. "Look! I got new trousers"

"Urgh, needs."

3. "Where's your brother today?"

"He's in the special unit cos he has special needs."
Needs by DomGee August 19, 2008
Words you can keep
Something everyone has that you must meet if you want to succeed etc. Easier said than done. We learn through our trauma, which is -at it's fundamental level- the experience of lacking something that we need and want in our life, that our need will not be met, and worse than that, that our needs are not ok. If basic needs aren't met according to the law of attraction life will naturally align you with people who can help you meet those unmet needs and it aligns you with ways and opportunities for you to meet your own needs. See also Maslow's Hierarchy of Basic Needs.
We all have needs.
Needs by Dawwwgin March 14, 2018
Pittsburghese for "needs to be," "needs to go," "needs to have," "needs to use," etc.
The bridge needs fixed.

The dog needs outside.

I need a pop.

Yunz don't need all them gumbans do yunz?
needs by emsee November 15, 2006
wantin something really bad and u have to have it now
i need that hair spary NOW!
needs by Hope-meri October 20, 2003

needs more cowbell 

This phrase was originally used by Christopher Walken on SNL with Will Ferrel. He was indicating that something needs more emphasis, or literally "Needs more cowbell".
Aired on April 8th, 2000.

This is also referenced in World of Warcraft in a quest in Outland, where you escort a ghost cow.
That was pretty good but it needs more cowbell.
needs more cowbell by twimoon March 21, 2016

needs more phil collins 

originating in online community we are the music makers, "needs more phil collins" signifies a poignant lack of phil collins in anything you please. usually it can be easily corrected by adding just the right amount of him, be it a jpeg or maybe midi samples of relevant phil collins musical endeavors.
"i'm sorry tue, but your submission for the university art contest needed more phil collins.

perhaps refer to your classmates' submissions. the world is just a better place with appropriate amounts of phil collins."

needs more jpeg 

A tern used on r/greentext to basically say "this image looks terrible". It summons a bot which turns the image into a JPEG and the more times it's replied to with 'needs more jpeg' the blockier it looks.
needs more jpeg by nobodyhasjams October 7, 2017
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Back when I lived in upstate new york 

A meaningless, unimpressive, self-serving introduction. An indicator that the story about to be shared will be pointless and dumb.
Back when I lived in upstate new york, I also had to park on the street - on two occasions, we got enough snow, mixed with just the right plowing, that my car was lifted off the ground from so much snow being jammed underneath it.
Word of the Day on August 31, 2026
Acronym, meaning Too Long Didn't Understand
Similar to TLDR
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.

Me: Woah! TLDU!
TLDU by L-Evans January 14, 2019
Word of the Day on August 30, 2026
the act of having anonymous sexual encounters with other men in public toilets.
Cottaging by greeef April 24, 2003
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