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Synthmesc 

A particular drug / Origins: Invented slang, (i.e., Nadsat vocabulary): synthetic mescaline
Term used in A Clockwork Orange
Synthmesc by Brian November 1, 2004
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Synthemesc 

Synthemesc (or synthetic mescaline) is a term coined in the novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
“They had no license for selling liquor, but there was no law against prodding some of the new veshches things which they used to put into the old moloko milk, so you could peet drink it with vel-ocet or synthemesc…"
Synthemesc by NatsumiMai May 23, 2014

synthstruments 

1. Any musical instrument that utilizes pre-recorded digital sounds, that are replayed through an electronic device - often but not necessarily fashioned as a facsimile of a pre-existing instrument - as the synthesizer piano, synth drums, theremin, keytar, guitar-synth. Notable for a distinctive buzzy, hollow sound.
2. The collective term for such instruments. See also, Synthstrumentation.
1. The distinctive sound of the 70s is often defined by the rise in synthstruments, creating the new wave subgenre of synthpop.
2. "Man, I love Africa by Toto, the synthstruments give it an otherworldly feel."
"Dude, that's lame, synthstruments were just a seventies fad."
synthstruments by Kelnius March 26, 2016
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piddlefart

verb. To waste time doing nothing.
Instead of doing my homework, I decided to piddlefart around for two hours.
piddlefart by Rene April 25, 2005
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anyone who succeeds in disgracing/over indulging themselves in the throws of clubland
28 hours and 4 clubs later, gurning for england but still refusing to go home - a total wrongun!!
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square grouper

Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
square grouper by slipsheet November 6, 2004
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"Hey, do you know that girl Sally?"

"Yeah, she's kind of annoying. All she ever talks about it ballet."

"Wow, what a Bunhead."

"Hey Sally, you want to hang out this weekend?"
"I can't, I have dance."
"You're such a Bunhead."

"Yeah... I know."
Bunhead by Jen00 October 24, 2014
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trucker's tan 

A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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The phenomenon where adults salivate at children's toys
Every time I walk into the toy aisle, I catch myself kidulting over the latest action figures and LEGO sets!
kidulting by Emotional Cruiser October 12, 2025
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