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Sweeping the Roof

A job Sweeping the Roof is a no show job. Essentially you don't have to go in because who's going to check or know if you've swept the roof.
My uncle Joey got me a job 9-5 sweeping the roof over on W 32nd Street.
Sweeping the Roof by Fcpcool August 29, 2019

sweeping declaration 

A broad, and life-changing statement popularized by Marshall Erikson from How I Met Your Mother.
SWEEPING DECLARATION!!!! I AM NEVER GETTING DRUNK AGAIN!

Freedom Speeding 

The act of speeding just after escaping from an area of dense traffic. Flooring it after you pass the car in front of you often leading to speeding tickets or warnings.
"Jim got pulled over yesterday for freedom speeding on the freeway."

"Freakin cop pulled me over when i was only freedom speeding for ten seconds."
Freedom Speeding by KurachiSauce September 25, 2011

sweepings 

Sweepings: The scraps, leavings, hand-me-downs, things tossed aside as the quality stuff is grabbed up at sales. Junk.
Allie and her friend Brenda waited all night to get into the store with the Grand Opening mega-sale. As they were scrunched through the door the mob rushed right through them and by the time they could get the clothes they dreamed of - all that was left were torn & dirty things that were either way too small or large enough to use as a tent. Scraps and pieces of clothing littered the floors, trampled and raggedly filthy junk.

Well Bren, looks like were stuck with the sweepings.
sweepings by Century25 September 30, 2013

street sweeping 

When the night out is over and you are trying to find any girl to bring home
last night I was downtown and and there was no cute girl so I decided to go street sweeping and find any girl I could to bring back to my house
street sweeping by doitlikeshehot February 3, 2010

shweeping 

a. A natural periodic state of rest for the mind and body, in which the eyes usually close and consciousness is completely or partially lost, so that there is a decrease in bodily movement and responsiveness to external stimuli. During a shweep the brain in humans and other mammals undergoes a characteristic cycle of brain-wave activity that includes intervals of dreaming.

b. A period of this form of rest.

c. A state of inactivity resembling or suggesting sleep; unconsciousness, dormancy, hibernation, or death.
Gregory didn't go to the Ceeps because he was shweeping.
shweeping by benjamindickie May 31, 2010
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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.
Northstarring by Light Bearer October 22, 2026
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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
Word of the Day on October 22, 2026

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
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