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perfick-Perfect from the books and TV series "The Darling Buds of May"
"Perfick" said "Pops" Larkin
perfick by phrage November 4, 2010
PURE AWESOME. Nothing to do with licking pets, but it has EVERYTHING to do with being AWESOME. See (DFTBA)
That was SOO PETLICK!
Petlick by TCK Green September 30, 2011

pernickity 

pedantic, analy retentive, from the root - to 'pick nits', meaning to pick up small and possibly irrelevant or unimportant details
Charles was always picking nits and complaining about the cleanliness of the squat. Personally I think he is being too pernickity.
pernickity by Gari May 8, 2003
Means Perfect. Used by pop larkin in the darling buds of may. Used ironically with reference to the darling buds of may by nick frost in shaun of the dead
Ma, thems apples are perfick
This is a versatile word. Its most common usage as a verb refers to reading 2/3 of a book, then stopping. It can also be used to refer to doing 2/3 of anything and then stopping, or as a noun.

The second usage of Pernick centers around late night walks, ie. to go on a Pernick. The walk is usually long and meandering, with no specific destination in mind.

The third and final usage of the word is as a verb relating to spirited debate. If you thrashed someone in a passionate, well-thought-out debate, you Pernicked them.
Yeah I Pernicked
Pernick by Adhelmthebraveknight September 6, 2010

Pernickety 

Function: adjective
Etymology: alteration of pernickety
1 a : fussy about small details : FASTIDIOUS
b : having the characteristics of a snob
2 : requiring great precision per·snick·e·ti·ness /-n&s/ noun
a. persnickety teacher
b. a persnickety job
Pernickety by Vero January 10, 2005
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proper lad 

a lad that is such a lad that he is a proper lad
person1:did you see bob
person2: ya he was a proper lad
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The number of years you are still sexually active
While our lifespan is the number of years we will live, our healthspan is the number of healthy years we will have and our sexspan is is the number of years we will continue to be healthy enough to continue having an active sex life.
sexspan by Dr Kat April 21, 2022
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You didn't get any napkins with your takeout pork fried rice? Womp womp.
womp by 175623226 November 3, 2011
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When your wife’s boyfriend let you sleep past 8pm 😎😎
Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!
Poggers by Just_Charles April 14, 2020
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Oblication 

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
Oblication by kimmerr May 5, 2011
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Surf Dracula Syndrome 

A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.

For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
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