A German word referring to a student's assignment to prepare a report and give a lecture. Often used in English among exchange students in lack of a better word.
How did your referat go?
I didn't get to give my referat, because we didn't have time for me to give it. The professor just totally forgot about my referat, so I'll have to do it next week. And I stayed up all night working on my referat!
When a young unmarried man with no children refers to himself as "Daddy" with his friends or potential love interests to make himself seem cooler, wiser, and more authoritative. Used largely by men in their early to mid-20s.
"Daddy had a great day in the office and now he needs a scotch to celebrate. Why don't you go and get Daddy a drink?" (self-referential "Daddy")
All of the (not-so-surprising) fantastic things that a reference will say about a job applicant which is exactly why that person has them down as a reference.
"Did you check with Walter's references?"
"Yeah their comments were very referentastic."
When you've had enough of life's continuous struggles and life become repetitive and mundane. Resergrate is when you're financially stable enough to go into work and tell them confidently and gracefully that you don't need their job to survive and you're way too superior to put up with their systematic agendas. In other words resegrate means to build yourself up financially and emotionally to be able to say 'I'm not happy, I don't need this , I can walk away' and I shall do so with a smile on my face.
Secretary: 'I can't believe Lisa left, I thought she was happy here'
Wendy: 'She was, she's used to being her own boss, she didn't like answering to Vince and Marty and she was getting bored, so she resegrated'
Secretary: 'She 's lucky she can afford to do that, but others can't'.
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.
Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.
Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.
In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.
The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.