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Velociraptoring 

When you feed someone learning your language a fake definition of a word or a completely made up word and definition, in the hopes that they will look silly using it publicly at a later date, and getting funny looks.
For example, tell the language learner that “I have a velociraptor in my head” means “I am really hungry” and just wait, years if necessary, until they decide to use it in conversation. The term velociraptoring originated from this being the first ever attempt at the technique.
Velociraptoring by Jurassic Fark February 25, 2021
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velociraptoring 

A condition of one's hair where bits & pieces of it tend to stick up like the spines running along the head of a lizard or dinosaur.
"how does my hair look? am i velociraptoring?"
"uh, no; it looks good"
velociraptoring by rwrecks September 10, 2015

Velociraptoring 

In customer service this is when a stakeholder attempts to ask different individuals in an organization the same question looking for a variety of answers. Sometimes they will try getting different answers by going vertically (escalating to a manager for example) or by trying to ask the question of somebody new to the job. They are "testing the fences for weaknesses systematically" so that they can get the answer they prefer and use it to get their way moving forward.

The above quote is in reference to the line said by Robert Muldoon (Bob Peck) in Jurassic Park (1993) while describing velociraptor intelligence.
She was velociraptoring through the call center all day until she got that new guy Bob on the phone. She got him to send her an email saying that she could have an extension on submitting the form even though it is not a deadline that we control. Now she has been on the phone with the director for an hour and has forwarded Bob's email all the way to the President.
Velociraptoring by Eejeb November 21, 2023
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Acronym, meaning Too Long Didn't Understand
Similar to TLDR
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.

Me: Woah! TLDU!
TLDU by L-Evans January 14, 2019
Word of the Day on August 30, 2026
the act of having anonymous sexual encounters with other men in public toilets.
Cottaging by greeef April 24, 2003
Word of the Day on August 29, 2026

Salad Days 

green inexperienced youthful judgement and cold blooded execution of those judgements.

Rashness with little concern of consequence.

Antony and Cleopatra. William Shakespeare

"My salad days,
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood."

- William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, 1.5
"How did you end up in jail?"

"Salad days, 'nuf said."
Salad Days by GilbyRFC0 October 7, 2011
Word of the Day on August 28, 2026

age gate 

An absolutely foolproof way to keep minors from viewing content deemed "too mature" for them to watch.
Billy: "So I was trying to watch some videos for an M rated game, and I ran into an age gate, so I put in my real birthday. SOMEHOW it managed to figure out that I am 12. CURSE YOU AGE GATE!!!"

Bill: "Fucking age gate! *quick scroll* THERE! I was born on January 1, 1904. Fuck you age gate."
age gate by Banja January 7, 2011
Word of the Day on August 27, 2026
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