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The subtle art of conditioning someone — intentionally or not — to associate a specific action, word, or situation with a particular feeling, craving, or behavior. Inspired by the OG behaviorist Ivan Pavlov and his famously drooling dogs, Pavloving is basically psychological sorcery in everyday life.
“I gave him a glass of water every time we met — now the dude gets thirsty just seeing me. That’s premium Pavloving.”

“Text her ‘good morning’ daily and soon enough, she’ll wake up expecting it. Classic Pavloving.”

“He plays that one song every time we drive — now I’m Pavloved into missing him when it plays elsewhere. Ugh.”
Pavloving by Deivam Usopp July 15, 2025
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pavlovian boner 

The erection that occurs following a phone ring, text alert, or email alert from a sex partner. This occurs since the penis has been conditioned to become hard when a call or text usually results in a sexual encounter.
As soon as my phone rings at 2:00am on a saturday night, I usually get a pavlovian boner, since I know that's a booty call.
pavlovian boner by EduardoP January 13, 2010

Pavlovian Hate Fucking

When you have sex with someone you hate and perform an act that consequentially conditions the person going forward.
"You could tell it was a good pavlovian hate fucking by the way she tasted his sock every time she had sex with anyone afterwards."
Pavlovian Hate Fucking by Fatojuishu February 11, 2017

Pavlovian poo response

When one has been so conditioned to associate the laxative effects of coffee with one's morning constitutional, that the mere smell of bean juice abrewin' triggers a need to poo.
James was trying to compose a quick email while his coffee was brewing, but the rich smell of his French roast triggered a Pavlovian poo response, forcing him to run to the bathroom.
Pavlovian poo response by Automated December 14, 2013

Pavlovian TikTok Song 

When one hears a TikTok song and gets an erection due the the connection of the song with various women dancing sexually. One can elicit an erection from merely a song, just as Pavlov was able to do so with dogs and bells.
This new song I heard on the radio is a Pavlovian TikTok Song! I just got hard, mike.

Pavlovian President

An increasingly popular nickname for the 45th POTUS since he continues to hit that first strategy he used to win the first time.
FLOTUS Melania was recently interviewed about the Pussy Grabber in Chief’s well documented addictive personality and she tells story after story of his uncontrollably impulsive style that has earned him the nickname “Pavlovian President.”

Pavlovian Texting 

The phenomenon occuring in groups of people when one person in the group reaches for their cell phone to receive a message, text, etc thereby causing all other members of the group to also check their phones for messages.
Bob: Did you see everyone else look at their phone when my text tone went off? Pavlovian Texting at it's finest.

Joe Bob: Yeah. What a bunch of Pavlovuan texters.
Pavlovian Texting by larch5587 August 2, 2011
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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
Word of the Day on September 26, 2026

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."
Word of the Day on September 25, 2026
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
Word of the Day on September 24, 2026
A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.
Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.
Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026
Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

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
Word of the Day on September 22, 2026
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
Word of the Day on September 21, 2026
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