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–verb (used with object)

1. to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention.
2. to provide a pleasant or unpleasant diversion.
3. the act of running up to a person and interrupting them in the middle of a conversation as a young pony without any boundaries would.
1. The constant side-ponying from her co-workers made it hard to finish a deadline on time.
2. Needing to sneak the dog past the hotel clerk, my boyfriend side-ponied her by commenting on the shoes she was wearing.
3. We would always try to act really busy when the most recent retiree stopped by because he would inevitably side-pony us with banal banter and stories of 'back-in-the-day'.
Side-pony by javapunkster September 3, 2009
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Noun. Verb. Dreams. Desires. Hopes. Sandwich. However your heart interprets...
1. Dude, that was totally side-pony!
2. I was going to do my annual report report...but got side-ponied by Christian.
3. My brother is such a side-pony.
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side pony 

A ginger haired dude who wears a side pony...but also can be the male version of a side chick
Ted is nice...but he’s like, my side pony.
side pony by thetatertot August 12, 2018

side pony 

Usually a ginger haired dude with a side pony...also a male version of a side chick
Ted is such a side pony
side pony by thetatertot August 12, 2018

side-ponytail 

1. A hairstyle popularized by 1980's American girls to try and look like Madonna. It was usually combined with a stretch pants/skirt combination and jelly slippers.

2. Most recently popularized in the 2004 film, Napoleon Dynamite, where the title character's love interest wears a side-ponytail.
Check out the ponytail holder holding up my side-ponytail, its magenta, white and black, just like the laces on my LA Gears.
side-ponytail by Nikki4mets August 23, 2006

side-ponytail 

A pretty awesome hairstyle with girls that was popular in the late 1960s and again in the mid 1980s, but side-ponytails were really more popular in the 60s than the 80s. I can see side-ponytails coming back in style around 2009.
Sarah is wearing a side-ponytail. That's hot.
side-ponytail by Lil Duff 2008 December 17, 2008

side-ponytail 

Having hair sticking out of the side of your head, leaving you looking like you're mentally challenged.
A side-ponytail is gay and looks like a girl who forgot to make a second pigtail.
side-ponytail by Anonymous January 21, 2005
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Ajumma wait a moment
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Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
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