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Staccato Mamba 

The name of your grand daughter if you are Billy Gibbons on a T.V. show. Unless T.J. Thyne can help it.
Are you serious?
Hodgins (TJ Thyne): So the name that came to you?
Angela’s dad (Billy Gibbons): It could work for either a boy or a girl, that’s the beauty part.
Hodgins: Great.
Angela’s dad: Staccato Mamba.
Hodgins: Staccato Mamba? Yeah, I didn’t see that one coming.

-quote from Bones Season 6
Staccato Mamba by Wild Snake April 27, 2011

Staccato Poetry 

"Staccato" is the Italian word, meaning detached. In music a dot is usually placed above the music note, indicating those notes should be distinctly seperate, while also being short in length.

"Staccato Poetry" is a term applying to abrubt, short, detached, distinct, choppy poetry; a term used by poet Maia Szekeley to describe her style of writing.

Similar to Haiku, but not the same. Staccato Poetry has no set meter or form. The point is brevity. Saying as much as you can, in as few words as possible.

This kind of poetry should have a musical quality to it, abrubt and distinct, when read.

This poetic style can also be attributed to Belfast writer Ciaran Carson, whose 2003 poem 'Breaking' broke from his usual meandering works, to be labelled Staccato.
Examples of Staccato Poetry by Szekeley.

---

airplanes float

unmoving in the sky

tiny orbs of light

like stars, flickering

all those people

going somewhere

--

i want to feel you with palms,

and fingers, and fingertips,

mouth too, lips

--

Breaking by Ciaran Carson

red alert

car parked

in a red

zone

about to

disintegrate

it's

oh

so quiet

you can

almost

hear it rust
Staccato Poetry by Jskl September 26, 2010

Spaccarotelli 

Something you call a person who is very sexy, energetic, and amazing.
Did you see that girl? She was spaccarotelli!
Spaccarotelli by VolleyGirl719 June 19, 2009

staccato p duo 

When one a male at a shooting range must urinate in short small bursts into a berm at an outdoor shooting range the morning after a night of love making, and his urine stream is split into two distinct streams known as a "duo" of streams.
I had such a great weekend starting with a Friday night to remember with my girlfriend, followed by a morning at the shooting range; except I had a "staccato p duo" incident when I needed to urinate on the berm of the empty bay.
staccato p duo by Ginseng78 April 7, 2021

Staccato Chorus 

When you sing a song but in all staccato. A staccato chorus is a group of people singing the same song with each word in staccato. A staccato is a short syllable.
Singing in a Staccato Chorus can be annoying to some.
Staccato Chorus by Brookwood gang November 22, 2011

Staccato 

WAAAAY to staccato Joe. Damn. Who the fuck has you reading shit like that? There are some many jobs I could fill that are currently being filled by people who are doing it wrong. Damn. Do a better job. You have more power and money and you use it to pay people who are making you look like an idiot.
Hym "I am going to say words now *stop* They are impassioned *stop* Listen to my words *stop* Do what I say *stop* What do you think? Good right?"

Iam "Yeah...."

Hym "No? Too staccato?"

Iam "........."

Hym "Oh, cheer up old chum! Let's take the day off! We'll play some games. Define the world. Look. Look how S
stupid this fucking idiot that controls the country looks. He has high paid, high ranking officials telling him to do that and they think they're doing a good job. It's funny!"

Iam "We won't be able to eat today is we do that..."

Hym "Who cares! Come on... Why so serious? Get it? Cuz of the thing?"

Iam "This is just bumming me out..."

Hym "At least we were right. We were too right, it seems."

Iam "I don't care... Do whatever you want... I'm going to sleep."
Staccato by Hym Iam May 16, 2022
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Pee Calculus

When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.
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Literally "dirty" pronounced with a West Indian accent. Can also have a positive connotation, for example Sean Paul's album title "Dutty Rock".
"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

or, in a positive usage:

"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
Dutty by J Hall April 3, 2003
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korean word for madam, older woman
Ajumma wait a moment
Ajumma by aintnotinbutnice July 5, 2009
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Slop Grenade

When someone uses AI to generate a large document, slide deck, or piece of code/software and tosses it over the fence for you to deal with.
Chad: Hey Brent I sent you the new backend API change to review, it’s only 100 files changed.

Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
Slop Grenade by Joe Squid September 28, 2026
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Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
After we broke up, he was floxi to me.
floxi by Dr. Geek May 13, 2009
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NYC people who migrate north to Quahog, RI to see the leaves in the fall.
New York and everyone from there can fornicate themselves with an iron stick.
leafers by ss++ February 8, 2005
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