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transformative years

Coming from the prefix "trans-" (meaning "beyond") and "formative years", this slang term refers to the years after your formative years has ended. For example, if you were born in 1974 and thus grew up in the 1980's, your first memory during transformative years was probably that one moment in high school on Tuesday, April 2nd 1991.
If you were born in 1974, your first impactful memory during those transformative years might just be that unforgettable moment in high school on Tuesday, April 2nd 1991.

Enterprise Transformation 

An exercise undertaken by a company shortly before its web address becomes a "link to nowhere."
Six months before shuttering its windows and doors, Zombie Hyena Industry Solutions launched a last-ditch Enterprise Transformation initiative.

Transformation 

A fetish concerning the changing of a being (human or otherwise) into something different, such as an animal or a car. People with this fetish get turned on by pornography revolving around said behaviours.
Bob: I found FurAffinity in your browser history, Jim. I never knew you were into transformation porn...
Jim: For pete's sake, stop looking! You'll get traumatized by the NSFW stuff!
Transformation by E hates Q July 27, 2019

digital transformation 

A term passed off as thought leadership by bottom rung B2B software executives in order to sell vaporware to gullible buyers. It is often used alongside other overused or outdated buzz terms like cloud, IoT, smart sensors, 3D printing, AI, machine learning, big data, and mobile. It helps disguise the fact that the company doesn’t know or care about what its customers need, and are incapable of developing offerings that are new, innovative, differentiated, or even of minimal value.
We understand the market pressures you’re facing and that’s why we’re re-imagining the solutions you’re going to need to fuel your next stage of growth, and are committed to partnering with you along your journey and delivering best-in-class solutions that support your digital transformation strategy across the value chain.

Peter Gibbons Transformation

When one is completely janked and knackered with the world, their surroundings and its accompanying bullshit, but despite is still able to free their conscience of life's obstructions, finally see the world clearly and live life stressfree with fucktitude. This person is living the Peter Gibbons Dream and is said to have gone through the Peter Gibbons Transformation.
* Peter Gibbons is a character referred to from the movie Office Space.
J: "I used to stress over anything and everything, but I figure, you only live once so lets go with the fucktitude. Now i'm just a happy carefree dude."
S: "Wow you went through the Peter Gibbons Transformation."

S: "I'm constantly embroiled in a battle with myself and for the first time in along time, i've been able to let it all go w/relative ease...just feels like i went through a really good self-renewification.
J: "That's the fucktitude! You went through the Peter Gibbons Transformation and now youre living the Peter Gibbons Dream yo!"

digital transformation 

A word used by sales people with limited knowledge of technology to define the movement from an older type of technology to something newer, sparkly and expensive but not necessarily better.
Do you want help with digital transformation of your current set-up to the cloud, all it takes is money, poor project management, staff re-training and if you are lucky, you might have something that is less secure, a pain to administer and at best as awful as what you had before but on someone else's computer
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NYC people who migrate north to Quahog, RI to see the leaves in the fall.
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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
Word of the Day on September 26, 2026

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."
Word of the Day on September 25, 2026
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
Word of the Day on September 24, 2026
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
Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

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
Word of the Day on September 22, 2026
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