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The magnificent third largest city of Greece located in the Peloponnese and a lively port to Italy. A wonderful place to visit in winter thanks to its enormous, colourful and phantasmagoric carnival. Famous for its Mavrodaphne, the amazing hard to resist nectar like local wine. Regretably neglected by foreign tourists in the summer who rush to island resorts. Also, a city whose authorities do a great job to hide its natural beauty and dig its potential by forgetting its privileged coastal position.
Tom: this February we will travel to Patras for the Carnival.
Brenda:Did you know that Patras is the cultural capital of Europe this year?
Tom (surprised): Really!??! This place is full of surprises, we only realized that its beaches are so wonderful a year ago, on our way to the islands.
Brenda: That's right, these people have done such a poor job advertising their marvellous place! Anyway, have fun there, get over your hangover and make sure you bring some Mavrodaphne back home. I love it!
Patras by gridlockdeadlock August 20, 2006
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an old~time Fancy umbrella, maybe with lace & highly decorated; it's used to shield oneself from the sun or as part of a fancy dress~up outfit.
I Love seeing the parasol designs of Olden days~So beautiful & I'd sure use one!
parasol by Starchylde June 11, 2015

Underwater ‘Parasite’ Cocaine Smuggling

Underwater ‘Parasite’ Cocaine 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 ‘Parasite’ Cocaine 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*.
Parasto

Means swallow(bird) in Persian. Parasto is a very beautiful, charming, hot classy girl. All the girls wants to be her, and all the guys wants to have her. She is perfection bottled up in one woman.
Parasto is one of those girls you meet once in a lifetime ; You either end up marrying her, or you'll be miserable for never taking the chance to talk to her.
-You know that girl Parasto?

- Oh yes you mean that sexy thing walking over there?

Or

-Man I can't stop thinking about Parasto. I wish I had the guts to talk to her. And now she's gone...

- Dude suit yourself, you had your chance and now you'll never find anyone like her again.
Parasto by Queenleeeyla February 16, 2010

Paraskevi 

A beautiful name for a beautiful Greek girl. This is the type of girl you want to be around all day. She is an amazing artist and writer. If you're lucky enough to date her you'll never want to let go.
Damn look at her, she must be a paraskevi

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
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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.

After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.
Respectfully by john quan the first December 20, 2020
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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.
Dante: "I wish I could be Nigerian, but I can't because I'm Chinese. You met me at a very Chinese time in my life."
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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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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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In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.
"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."
Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020
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