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timesing 

1. To multiply by
2. To let time fly
1. You normally have to take 2 and timesing it by 3

2. Wow, it's timesing by!
timesing by John January 20, 2005

Timesink 

Something that takes up a lot of time and produces few or no tangible results. Usually a website.

In general, a waste of time.
(Choose one: Facebook, MLIA, FML) is such a timesink.
Timesink by Novarri November 11, 2009

TV Tropes Timesink 

An area of the internet where time stops, coincidentally overlapping with the site TV Tropes.

Similar to a wikicoma.
Somebody mentioned this thing called "phlebotinum;" next thing I knew, I was digging myself out of the TV Tropes timesink six hours later.

timesink 

Anything which takes up a lot of your time. I can be homework, a diy project, a tv show, or even a ridiculously long nap. It can be enjoyable, or even productive, but it requiers sinking a lot of time into it... therefore timesink.
I decided to start baking my own bread... didn't realise it was such a timesink.

Mad Men is great, but it is such a timesink.
timesink by ddude700 February 21, 2011

Timering 

Used in Dutch (only?) slang to indicate a state of waiting
Who are we timering (waiting) for?
Lets timer (wait) here.
Timering by HARDE GUY January 13, 2009

First Time Sing-Along 

The act, usually performed by an elderly person, of singing along to a song despite having only heard it for the first time as it plays.
Grandma: "hmmmm mmm mmmmm..."

Bystander: "Sounds like a first time sing-along to me."
First Time Sing-Along by wardy99 September 1, 2011
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leafers by ss++ February 8, 2005
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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.

After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.
Respectfully by john quan the first December 20, 2020
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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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