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Thinning 

Thinning is a term used when describing a loc that is about to fall apart or is becoming very thin at a certain part of the loc.
"I really need to get a crochet needle to weave this loc together again; it started thinning last week."
Thinning by Machinegunlvr September 9, 2025

Thinning out the soup 

To do something excessive for something not worth the effort, this term was coined by the Australian YouTuber Dankpods
"having to use an adapter just to blow up nugget-phones is when you know you're thinning out the soup."

friend thinning

The act of deleting friends on Facebook whom you haven't talked to in a long time and/or don't plan on talking to again. Sometimes done to escape bad memories of a person or past.
I've gotta do some serious friend thinning... I've got 2000 friends on Facebook and I haven't talked to most of 'em since high school.
friend thinning by imbrianfellow November 16, 2010

Oreo thinning 

When someone makes something worse for you and pitches it as if it works to your advantage, like how Oreo charges more money for Oreo thins even though you literally pay more money for less cookie.
Chad: Hey man, look at this new job posting! They're making me design a webpage AND write the code for it, it's like two jobs in one!

Kyle: Nah man, they're just cutting corners and being cheap about it. That's a job meant for two people, they're totally oreo thinning you.
Oreo thinning by potato874 July 8, 2019

the thinning 

Where people take a test because of over population and the lower scoring people get killed
The thinning was so hard last time
the thinning by Stoner guy 69 October 12, 2017

Swishful Thinking 

When all you can think of is making 3 pointers, or making a basket that is a swish. This is common for poor shooters, who dream of swishes all day, and then celebrate when they finally make one, after multiple misses. This is called Swishful Thinking, as they continue to shoot and shoot, knowing they will finally make one.
Damn, did you see Keith hit that huge 3 after he missed like 6 shots in a row. Yeah dude, he is the king of Swishful Thinking.