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Protestival 

An ironic protest against various nebulous and nefarious entities, most often "The Government" or "Wall Street" or "The Man". To be a true Protestival Occupant an iPhone and latte from Starbucks are intergral to the success of such a venture.
After making a withdrawal from his trust fund to purchase the new iPhone, Dan decided to head to Wall Street to partake in the current Protestival.
Protestival by xXSuperJudeXx October 11, 2011

protestimate

When you intentionally provide an inflated estimate for a task because you really don't want to do it and you're hoping it will be a non-starter due to it's perceived size/cost/duration.
The software engineer provided an 18-month protestimate to product management for the new architecture that would've replaced much of his previous work.
protestimate by Spicy B November 6, 2017

Protestipant 

Those protestipants got sprayed with pepper spray.
Protestipant by BobbyStanwin January 13, 2009

Protestical 

Something that is about Protest, or promotes/supports it. Basically, Adjective form of Protest.
This is kind of a protestical song.
Protestical by Zipxa_Raya February 14, 2025

Protesticle

Dougie, Lisa, and Lynn passed a protesticle of tractors on the way to Garmisch.
Protesticle by Samsmom621 January 11, 2024

Brotherhood Protectiva 

The strategy behind subtle actions and behaviors initiated by Black people in places and events where they are the sole (or one of the few) Black people in nearly/all-White environments that are intended to establish goodwill and counter negative beliefs and biased cultural narratives. The long-term goal being to create more opportunities for future Black people to be more readily welcomed, accepted, and even invited into these places, such as neighborhoods, workplaces, social groups, etc.
Aside from just being a nice Southern thing, the other reason I give a friendly wave at every passing car when I walk around this neighborhood is that it's basically all-White. So when one of the residents sees another Black man walking around here, they have subconscious wealth of positive associations to draw upon to hopefully offset any latent biases that might make the experience more threatening to them. If you're familiar with Dune, think of this as the Brotherhood Protectiva.
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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
Word of the Day on September 27, 2026

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
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