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Paracite 

The reviewer of a scientific publication who forces you to cite their own irrelevant paper.
One of the reviewers wants me to cite his paper on cancer biology in my manuscript of the mechanisms of bacterial resistance. What a paracite!
Paracite by amretal January 5, 2023
Words you can keep

Underwater ‘Parasite’ Cocaine Smuggling

Underwater ‘ParasiteCocaine Smuggling — A tactic where gangs use scuba divers to attach cocaine stashes to the hulls of unsuspecting ships.
I make my living as a scuba diver; but, I ain’t no Jacques Cousteau — I’m into Underwater ‘ParasiteCocaine Smuggling . It’s dangerous but quite lucrative!!!!!!!

Crystal Parasite 

Someone that grows their entire personality off of the lifestyle or personality of someone who is already famous, or some cultural phenomenon, basically anything popular, in a vain attempt to get famous themselves.
For example, any YouTuber that has over 100k subscribers, or maybe even less.
Sometimes this works, but most of the time they just come off as a parasite, leeching off of the success of the person or TV Show or whatever, the "crystal" they "parasite" off of.
Thus they seem instead like talentless hacks with no worth of their own besides what they echo from their "crystal".
Essentially they are a clone of the person, but worse. Much worse.
Person 1: Ugh, that guy's such a crystal parasite, always leeching off of Merg's success.
"that guy": What's up guys, welcome back, to *insert game that Merg's already played here*.

Wifi Parasite

People that buy a latte to sit in a coffee shop or similar venue for free wifi.
I walked in to a bagel shop for a bagel and noticed a table full of wifi parasites, laptops open, paper and pens out and pure business discussions flowing.
Wifi Parasite by Marcellus_Wallace October 13, 2014

Gift Parasite 

A person who adds their name to a gift tag in order to claim partial credit for giving the gift.
I'm totally broke so I had to be a gift parasite and sign on that present you're giving Grandma.
Gift Parasite by Bird Turggler November 23, 2009
Word of the Day on December 21, 2009

Parasite 

One who leaches off others whilst pretending to be their friend. Once they have their fill they move on to the next victim.
That Slimbo is a real parasite. Waited till his mate got a big payout then he and his mates bled him white then disappeared.
Parasite by Slimbo Kev February 10, 2017

Parasite privilege

Parasite privilege is when elites weaponize identity politics to deflect legitimate criticism or to protect their class privilege.
Sane person: Billionaires are parasites. No single person can create a billion dollars worth of value, their wealth relies on rampant worker exploitation.

Privileged NeoLiberal: What? You’re not allowed to criticize billionaires, that’s anti-Semitic.

Sane person: You’re disingenuously using identity politics to protect the powerful. That's parasite privilege.
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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
Word of the Day on August 29, 2026

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
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