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Pronunciation: /skrailIN/ skr - ay - ling, like the "ay" in day

The word is used to refer to anyone who listens to rap music and speaks Ebonics or more professionally called African American Vernacular English — and who also exhibits many characteristics of stereotypical urban African Americans. The term is used to refer to a member of any race, including blacks and whites. A related term is Skraespeak, which is used to refer to the African American dialect.
Person One: Man, They be runnin' from me and my hommies.
Person Two: I know man, shit. He say he gonna kick yo ass.

Onlooker One: What a bunch of Skraelings...
Onlooker Two: When will they ever learn English?
Skraeling by Sam Martinez January 11, 2007
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stradeling

Your leg is one side and your other leg is one the other side or him ... so a leg on each side of him, Like riding him like a horse.
I love stradeling her, its like a whole new horse ride
stradeling by nicolemichael January 13, 2008

Skreaping 

The act in which one or in a group go strip club to strip club. Similar to bar hopping.
Hey Brent when we goto J-Ville lets go Skreaping all night bro!
Skreaping by B3nzin0 February 4, 2010

Screeling 

An undead creature of the underworld sent to the living by the Keeper to do his bidding.

The Screelings are loose and the Keeper may win.
His assassins have come to rip off your skin.
Golden eyes will see you if you try to run.
The screelings will get you and laugh like it's fun.

Walk away slow or they'll tear you apart,
and laugh all day long as they rip out your heart.
Golden eyes will see you if you try to stand still.
The screelings will get you, for the Keeper they kill.

Hack 'em up, chop 'em up, cut 'em to bits,
or else they will get you while laughing in fits.
If the screelings don't get you the Keeper will try,
to reach out and touch you, your skin he will fry.

Your mind he will flail, your soul he will take.
You'll sleep with the dead, for life you'll forsake.
You'll die with the Keeper till the end of time.
He hates that you live, your life is the crime.

The screelings might get you, it says so in text.
If screelings don't get you the Keeper is next,
lest he who's born true can fight for life's bond.
And that one is marked; he's the pebble in the pond.
If you want to live, walk slowly away from the screeling.
Screeling by Ava333 September 17, 2011

Sprawling 

one or more people gathered together to chill, smoke weed and listen to music.
Josh: Hey mahn, what's up?
Matt: I'm just sprawling, till my roommate comes back.
Sprawling by aye.flacko August 17, 2018
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Oblication 

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
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Surf Dracula Syndrome 

A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.

For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
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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.
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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
Larpenomics by Rbois09 October 21, 2026
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