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Saving and spending at the same time.
Jody loves shopping at thrift stores, garage sales and liquidation sales because he loves spaving.
Spaving by Sky_ski_ocean July 20, 2020

Daylight savings time 

Jeremy: mom why do all the clocks an hour off
Mom: we had daylight savings time
Jeremy: what does that mean?
Mom : we time traveled

yak shaving 

Any seemingly pointless activity which is actually necessary to solve a problem which solves a problem which, several levels of recursion later, solves the real problem you're working on.
origin: MIT AI Lab, after 2000: orig. probably from a Ren & Stimpy episode.
yak shaving by Brandon April 4, 2005

saving a rough draft 

When you are in the middle of urinating, and decide you might have to take a shit soon, so you don't flush the toilet right away. Saving a rough draft can be out of a sincere desire to conserve water, or just out of sheer laziness.
Dude, why didn't you flush?
Oh, sorry about that. I was saving a rough draft.

reddit spacing 

Using two newlines to separate paragraphs, instead of only one. Typically used on 4chan to discredit someone on the basis of being a Reddit user, or derail the conversation.
>uses reddit spacing
>hates donald trump
>doesn't know about /r9k/
Sure is summer
reddit spacing by ashlebede July 27, 2017

Spalingle 

A word you can literally use in place for any other word. In any language. Ever.
Dude I totally spalingled that spalingled, if you're spalinglin' me, you spalingle?
Spalingle by TrollInTheDungeons June 14, 2011
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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
Word of the Day on September 27, 2026

Respectfully 

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.
Respectfully by john quan the first December 20, 2020
Word of the Day on September 26, 2026

You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

A moment in time where you feel distinctly Chinese over all other things.
Dante: "I wish I could be Nigerian, but I can't because I'm Chinese. You met me at a very Chinese time in my life."
Word of the Day on September 25, 2026
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.

Modified derivative of granola.
"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"
crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007
Word of the Day on September 24, 2026
A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.
Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.
Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026
Word of the Day on September 23, 2026
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