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Shepherding 

Collectively known as the soul-less

Act of Trawling through reams of porn. until the

Right hand is tried from clicking so many

Links to hardcore anal, and brutal macho porno.

SHEPHERD
Girl - "What did you do last night?"
Carl - "Stayed in and did some shepherding"
Girl - "What's that?"
Carl smiles
Shepherding by Lordcraggle December 31, 2010

German shepherding 

If he don’t lick that ass he’s a little boy.
German shepherding by Darla505 August 10, 2021

Sheperding A Download 

Sitting at your computer and being there to watch over all the steps to downloading something even if the download is a couple hours long.
Jack was up for a couple hours on his computer downloading a game. He must of been Sheperding A Download because he barely moved the entire time.

Shopherding 

Verb - The act of using subliminal verbal and physical techniques to steer a person or partner towards the checkouts in a shop to prevent a prolonged and boring shopping experience.

If practiced and mastered the art of shopherding can save hours of walking round in shops after people. The successful shopherder knows his art and will begin before any shop has even been entered.

Techniques are varied, performing a fart and dart and then moving towards the checkouts will cause the target to join you close to the tills, perhaps bringing about payment and thus victory. However, this can cause so much disgust that the period of time within the shop may be extended by the target as revenge. If this happens further shopherding efforts must be more subtle to avoid suspicion.

A favourite among master shopherders is the technique of placing oneself in the centre of the targets field of vision as she looks round the shop to distract her and coupling this with a focused and interested stare towards something near the checkouts, redirecting her attention that way.

Punishment for being discovered a shopherder is serious, the techniques will no longer affect the target and the disgraced shopherder will be forced to wonder around countless shops for hours, cursing his own lack of skill or bad luck.

The path of a shopherder is frought with perils but the pride of succeeding is surpassed by the prizes that victory holds.
Man - "Shall we go look at the socks?"
Girlfriend - "Ok, where are they?"
Man - "Over by the tills"
An entry level but classic shopherd manoeuvre.

Keeping his girlfriend directly between himself and the checkouts, smoothly shopherding her towards the tills the accomplished shopherder skillfully prevents the onset of Shopping Legs.
Shopherding by Clive Herriot September 26, 2011

A Shepharding 

Also called being a Jake, youre a Shepharding if you talk like a robot in a low monotone and never get angry, a Shepharding will also try to act really manly.
I am Jake, i love my drums, reviseee all night, get straight A's
that guys A Shepharding
A Shepharding by Wise Shinobi December 26, 2010

slepherding

The act of guiding the weary toward sleep with patience, wisdom, and zero tolerance for “one more episode.”
She heard me say ‘just one more episode’ and entered full slepherding mode.

I’ve been slepherding myself this week: tea, lights low, phone away by ten.
slepherding by Aryal April 29, 2026
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