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Everything is simply a shape, a form, an identifier to let others recognize me as me! But then, what am I? Is this me? My true self? My fake self? What is it that I am? Nobody understands me! 

Don't quote this in therapy you filthy shinnie.
you know how Shinji Ikari once said: "Everything is simply a shape, a form, an identifier to let others recognize me as me! But then, what am I? Is this me? My true self? My fake self? What is it that I am? Nobody understands me!" yeah, I relate to that.

Recognize that Shit 

The concept of having to be able to recognize someone you have never met before. Make sure you write this person's name down so you can recognize them later on by their name. If you choose not to recognize that shit, then the person who wants you to recognize them will continue to shout "Recognize that Shit!" only because they want others to remember them. Although, no one really cares for recognizing such people in society.
Bloody Loco: I don give a fuck 'bout no one else in this train, BUT YOU right now.

Passenger (trying to read a book): Thank you, thank you...

Bloody Loco: You better fuckin recognize that shit ASAP! Recognize that shit A-FUCKING-SAP!

Passenger flips page.

Bloody Loco: You don't put no FUCKING fear in my heart.

Me to Bloody Loco: Sir do you need a tampon?

Can We Recognize 

An utterance frequently used in the Timberline Theatre Company said at the beginning of a sentence to exclaim something exciting, stupid, silly, etc.
Can we recognize I'm looking hella cute today?

real recognize real

An idiom of hip hop culture used to refer to the tendency or ability for real individuals to identify, connect with, or otherwise respect, other real individuals. The usage of real is identical to that in the more generic phrase keepin' it real, i.e. genuine, true.
Scalia: "I think equal protection is the most overextended rational in modern day justice"

Roberts: "agreed"

Scalia: "We see eye to eye on this don't we?"

Roberts: "Hey, real recognize real."

Scalia: "word"
real recognize real by kelzobaggins December 11, 2007

recognize 

to respect; give honor by public acknowlegement.
Man ya better recognize the illest mc there is!
recognize by d'nyn da truth December 19, 2004

backognize

With a badonkadonk like dat, it is easy to see how anyone could backognize Ritesha.
backognize by Dr. L1 July 27, 2008
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Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
Northstarring by Light Bearer October 22, 2026
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Plate of Brown 

A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
Plate of Brown by Cheddar Craigson September 18, 2020
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Larpenomics

When finance content creators rent out fancy cars and flex cash to seem richer than they really are in order to promote and sell their “get rich quick” courses.
Andrew Tate has mastered the field of larpenomics
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