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The eastern most part of Kent that contains amongst other towns, Margate, Ramsgate and Broadstairs. In it's heydey, Thanet attracted many wealthy and famous people from London who visited the seaside for its relaxing properties. Charles Dickens took up residence in Broadstairs in Bleak House.

An Only Fools And Horses episode was also filmed in Margate, and featured in the film Last Orders.

The area now suffers from low income families and lack of funding, meaning that many of its great buildings have fallen into disrepair, and has been surpassed by other seaside towns.
Thanet used to be a great place to live full of culture and intelligent people, now it has become a collection of run-down seaside towns and low-brow people.
Thanet by imperial May 14, 2005
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A pleasant peninsula in the UK, as far away from London as you can get in England without being northern, inbred or both.

With lovely beaches, it benefits from the rich agricultural heritage of its county supplying it with a great supply of the uk's best cider, weed and magic mushrooms to feed the hosts of degenerates clinging to it like the seaweed on a dogfish carcass.
Thanet was once the summer holiday hotspot of the uk (several hundred years ago). Also known as "fannit".
A: "Wooooo best party in Thanet commin up bruv"
B: "You say that every big party, A. We can't leave quite yet we've got to catch C and D's Silk Road order first, for the umpteenth time, which makes me wonder why we're the ones living the the drop house."
A: "Your just saying that because you wanna finish dat fanart you are making u fukin weeb"
B: "Look when the spirit of william morris and his elves tell you to do something, you do it ffs."
A: "Lad"
Thanet by Spirit of William Morris January 13, 2018

thanatos 

Death as a personification or as a philosophical notion.
Greek, death; akin to Sanskrit adhvanIt it vanished.
thanatos by Josh September 22, 2003

Thanatologarium

I and Jamaal went to the thanatologarium
Thanatologarium by productionz November 15, 2010

Thantophobia 

The phobia of losing someone you love
He has thantophobia.
Thantophobia by beckyycedillo March 9, 2014
From the BBC Television series "Look Around You"
Thanks, ants. Thants.
Thants by speedwell81 April 16, 2005
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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.
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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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