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Similar to foreploy; a swellout changes his hair, clothes, or political opinions for the sole purpose of getting laid.
Have you seen Randy lately? Yesterday he was sporting a fauxhawk and vintage t-shirt and wouldn't shut up about An Inconvenient Truth; what a swellout.
swellout by FreshyBB September 6, 2007

mainstream sellout 

The sixth official studio album by machine gun Kelly
mainstream sellout by Jaydubhs March 7, 2022

SellouticA 

When the band Metallica became less metal. They were influenced by the 90's grunge era and their music lost it's metal edge. Their music became very commercial. Many metal fans abandoned them.
Is that the new Metallica song? No, you are listening to Selloutica.
SellouticA by Rad Nick April 18, 2019

girlfriend sellout 

A member of your crew meets a girl, dates the girl and fall in loves with the girl. From this moment on, he no longer hangs out with you or your crew and spends all his waking hours with the girl.
Chris: Where's Andy these days? I haven't seen him in ages!
Welly: He's round at Lou's, again. That's the third day this week and it's only Wednesday!
Chris: Fucking girlfriend sellout.

selloutism 

To surrender to materialistic ideals. To take an idea mainstream. To not be yourself.
Due to the selloutism of our society, people have forgotton that the best things in life are free.
1. When an artist conforms to the way record labels, managers, etc see them to make money through commercial success and generally not the original fan base.

2. When an artist conforms to the way they believe their fan base see's them.

3. When an artist gets too big for their own good, and believe that they are god(s) and can do anything they want.

4. When an artist changes their play style to make more money

5. An artist which no longer does it for the fans
1. Metallica (90's).

2. The Darkness.

3. Metallica.

4. Metallica.

5. Metallica
sellout by The Mullet March 24, 2004
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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.
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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.

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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."
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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
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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
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murderhobo 

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021
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