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Late-Nighting 

The act/art of procrastinating on any assignment to the point of one or multiple all-nighters. This can include many things however usually includes but is not limited to the following.
1. Shouting at a superior that you are almost done when you have not started
2. Loging in and out of facebook saying, "ok i really need to finish(that's what she said)"
3. Surfing the web for things you cannot afford (Ferraris, Lamborghinis, masions)
4. Watching far from viral videos on youtube then commenting said videos and forwarding them to your friends
5. Setting your status to: "pissed off that I didn't sleep
6. Throwing things
7. Buying the XXXL sized Monster and convincing people that it uses less packaging (for the enviromental late-nighters)
8. Posting on forums that have not been active for over a year.
9. Signing up for multiple "free" web offers - see scam
ex1.
Guy 1: Holy Crap, I didn't finish any of my homework for the whole year.
Guy 2: What were you doing?
Guy 1: I was late-nighting writing definitions on Urban Dictionary

ex2.
Guy 1: I was up Late-nighting for the last week.
Guy 2: Oh yeah that's cool.
Guy 1: I know I think I
Late-Nighting by Bob La May 19, 2008

spite nighting 

Revenge sleep procrastination is when people intentionally stay up late to enjoy personal time, even when they know it will negatively affect their sleep. It often happens when individuals feel they have little control over their daily schedules. (Courtesy of the Sleep Foundation). Spite nighting makes this clumsy phrase into a verb.
I had a long day at work and should have gone to bed at my normal time but what do I do instead? stayed up until 3am spite nighting
spite nighting by Spazmorainski September 20, 2025

Nightingale 

Listen do you hear that ?
I don’t hear anything

That’s the point….no nightingales

Blah blah

*every*
Nightingale by LlamaUrMother September 7, 2023

Nightwing 

The original Robin, also known as Dick Grayson.
Quite possibly the coolest part of the Batman everything.
Nightwing is a badass mofo with long black hair and ninja moves. Very shweet!
Dude 1: Dude! Batman is on! Let's watch!

Dude 2: Is it the one with Nightwing?!?

Dude 1:...No.

Dude 2: Well fuck that then!
Nightwing by Josh-o-matic December 16, 2008

Nightingale syndrome 

The Florence Nightingale effect is a situation where a caregiver develops romantic feelings for their patient. Many often misunderstand the term to mean the opposite; that is, a patient falling in love with the caregiver as a result of interpreting an amiable bedside manner as affection.
See Florence_Nightingale_effect on Wikipedia, often confused with Nightingale syndrome (which is something else entirely).
Nightingale syndrome by Walkman100 January 19, 2016

Nightingale Pasta 

A phrase that is used when more than one neighbors sexual activities can be heard at the same time, giving the impression that a nightingale is dying in boiling agony. The common response to this layer of awkwardness is to eat pasta.
I swear all my neighbors were going at it last night...so I had to bust out the old nightingale pasta cuz I don't have a girlfriend.
Nightingale Pasta by KosherBob January 4, 2021
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Throat Sweats 

The feeling and build up in your mouth/throat of saliva that sometimes accompanies nausea.
Oh man those burritos gave me the throat sweats, I hope I don’t have food poisoning.
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Person 2:......
Person 3: O no u got aired!
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piddlefart

Instead of doing my homework, I decided to piddlefart around for two hours.
piddlefart by Rene April 25, 2005
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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!!
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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
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