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Pulled a Kurt Cobain 

When a famous celebrity, musician, or public figure commits suicide that immortalizes them forever in their respective fields. The suicide is never done WITH the intention of getting their persona cemented in the public's eye, but it has that effect because they die before they public grew tired of what they had to offer, leaving people yearning for what could have been.
Do you think David Foster Wallace pulled a Kurt Cobain?
Maybe... Although he did do a shit load of drugs and battled depression for most of his life.
Pulled a Kurt Cobain by shnappi October 4, 2017

Pulled a Kurt Cobain 

When somebody comit’s suicide by overdosing than shooting them self in the head
Bob:Jimmy recently commited suicide man Joe: Really how? Bob:He pulled a Kurt Cobain Bob:Damn really why do people pull Kurt Kobain’s? i mean the pill overdose or the gunshot is enough is it not?

pulled a kurt cobain 

Doing large amounts of heroin while playing in a grunge band then committing suicide.
Bill:You hear what Bob did?

Greg: Yeah he totally pulled a kurt cobain
pulled a kurt cobain by Brad5o5 January 24, 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
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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
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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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