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I updaged the grid layout
updage by Herpa_derp April 23, 2015
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A cross between uproar and outrage.
There was uprage that night in town.
Uprage by pinky from the pod June 1, 2019
verb. int.
Pronunciation Key (up-raaj)
To raise ones own "power level", in some kind of vague, ill-defined manner which seems to involve shivering and auras and big hair. Usually done after "training" for what seems like bloody weeks, on a floating island or some shit, or in a spacecraft of unlikely shape. Or while dead. Or all of the above. Oh, to hell with it. Heck knows.
See also: Super-Saiyan, Saiyan.
After Ash's defeat at the hands of Team Rocket, Ash went into training with his secret mentor.

After this training, Ash finds himself again in combat, on the losing end again. Ash pauses to take stock of the situation and reflects on secret Pokemon skills taught to him. Realising what he needs to do, Ash behins to uprage, his hair standing on end, a look of fury on his face, as he yells, "Pikachu, I choose YOU!!" with foam flying from his mouth.
uprage by Travis Smith August 30, 2008
1. The exploitation of controversial and/or tragic circumstance for financial gain and/or social standing. ie: Manipulating emotional reaction in order to direct web traffic or else increase social media interaction. Usually requires limiting nuance of the topic and credible references to maximize emotional reaction and minimize critical thought, optimizing user interaction.

3. A highly effective tool used by media conglomerates with diversified interests in opposing political ideologies to create and maximize discrimination and polarization between targeted demographics and distract from the underlying bipartisan interests such as military and banking institutions.

3. The weapon of choice of pedantic, pseudo-intellectual bloggers to virtue-signal to their peers and codify their authoritarian ideology, ideally at the expense of someone's job, spouse, community, general sense of self-worth and financial security. The uprager typically enjoys exploring new brunch hotspots in their neighborhood, crocheting, self-grooming, and privately viewing increasingly intensive images of violent and humiliating pornography to overcome the libido suppressing effects of their antidepressant medications and/or the primal outlet of their unconscious frenzied antipathy.

5. The ambivalent desire to communicate sincere outrage on social media while preferring the reward of publicly acknowledged and quantifiable 'likes' and 'shares' to more meaningful and humane forms of interaction, in person.
social media commenter: "That shit is just uprage-y clickbait. You can't sue someone on tindr for 'genital discrimination', why would you even click on that? Are you that stupid? This makes me angry on enough levels that I'm going to stay up all night, trawl every social media post you've ever made, dissect everything and write 2000 words about your obvious transphobia and racism and send it to your boss after I publish it and get enough comments from my peer group to get you fired. That's what you get for being so reactive, fuckhead. I hope you die of plague.
Uprage by DarnedIfYaDue May 20, 2017
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fache-couture 

French slang, which translated, means "bull's fashion" but basically equates to "hyper trendy" or overly trendy. Used when a person wishes to express distaste at the latest fashion trend/fad, because it seems that everyone has a certain item of clothing or is wearing it. This term is most frequently heard in Paris but is slowly spreading to other parts of France.
1. That Burberry scarf is so fache-couture.
2. That purple American Apparel hoodie is so fache-couture.
fache-couture by bkgmh46x0x March 18, 2008
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A slang term for GLP-1 medications(like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, etc.), usually referring to their appetite-killing, weight-loss, or “I forgot to eat” effects rather than the medical details.

Usage:
* Often casual, ironic, or meme-y
* Can imply effortless weight loss, suppressed hunger, or being “powered by pharmaceuticals”

Notes:
Not a brand name—just shorthand for the whole GLP-1 wave. Frequently shows up in online jokes, gym talk, and group chats where people pretend they’re *totally* doing it naturally.
“I’m not dieting, I’m just on that glippy.”
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“That summer body? Yeah, glippy assisted.”
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Faux nostalgia. Faking old things in an attempt to recapture the feeling of times gone past, especially of technology that has passed.
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fauxstalgia by scotte61 December 16, 2010
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pajama casual 

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We have a Zoom meeting in a few minutes and I’ll probably go pajama casual.
pajama casual by jrod-knows March 31, 2020
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funflation 

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I’m trying to go to this Taylor Swift concert but the funflation has made it so impossible for me to afford tickets.
funflation by Dfree523 November 17, 2023
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Take the big pirogue, I saw a huge swamp dog out there earlier.
swamp dog by Crystal Ambrose May 22, 2006
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