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side plate spinnin' 

When you have a main dish (relationship) and then several other people (side plates) that you're chatting, flirting, and boning. Your main dish is like meatloaf, you're familiar with it and you feel safe with it. The side plates are like grilled brussel sprouts, you're not sure the sprouts are gonna work out but you're feeling adventurous.
Example 1: Man I'm not too full this weekend for a little side plate spinnin'.

Example 2: Hey Tony, I know you're all full with your wife but if you're a little hungry I got just the girl at work for a little side plate spinnin. So you hungry bro?
side plate spinnin' by radiogal April 17, 2017

spinning plates

doing many things at once, dating many people at once, being a whore, friendly; like in the variety shows of the 70s where the performer puts a plate on a tall thin stick mounted to the stage and spins it ... puts another plate on another stick and spins it ... doing more and more to see how many he can keep spinning without falling
Dude1: "Hey man, you just dating that one chick?"
Dude2: "Nah, I've got several hoes on the line, i'm spinning plates man!"
spinning plates by PapiLoco July 28, 2010

Spinning Plates

"Spinning Plates" is the art of juggling multiple people you’re attracted to, keeping each one interested while trying to hold them all in your orbit.
Guy 1: "Hey man, are you still talking to that one girl"
Guy 2: "Yeah I'm talking to her and two of her friends"
Guy 3: "My guy, you are Spinning Plates for no reason"
Spinning Plates by PesoDollar August 12, 2025
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Pee Calculus

When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.
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"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

or, in a positive usage:

"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
Dutty by J Hall April 3, 2003
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Ajumma by aintnotinbutnice July 5, 2009
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Slop Grenade

When someone uses AI to generate a large document, slide deck, or piece of code/software and tosses it over the fence for you to deal with.
Chad: Hey Brent I sent you the new backend API change to review, it’s only 100 files changed.

Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
Slop Grenade by Joe Squid September 28, 2026
Word of the Day on September 29, 2026
Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
After we broke up, he was floxi to me.
floxi by Dr. Geek May 13, 2009
Word of the Day on September 28, 2026
NYC people who migrate north to Quahog, RI to see the leaves in the fall.
New York and everyone from there can fornicate themselves with an iron stick.
leafers by ss++ February 8, 2005
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