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Combination of Windows and Intel. Refers to a computer running the Windows operating system and powered by an Intel microprocessor. In practice, the term is applied to computers running Windows, regardless of the actual microprocessor used.

Mildly derisive term, frequently in the phrase "wintel box", used to distinguish other systems (Mac, Linux, etc.) from the 80-90% of systems used by the proletarian masses.
We were hoping to get Macs in the office, but the drones in IT went out and bought more Wintel boxes.
Wintel by Sox_in_the_City October 28, 2010
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Basically, it is when you run a Microsoft Operating system on a Intel box.
Dude, Why do you have a "Wintel"? Get a Mac!
Wintel by anapplemacphreak November 23, 2004
word used by the "fringe" computing community to donote any box using intel guta and a windows OS
if your not using a wintel box now you will be
wintel by major tom June 12, 2003

The Winter Arc 

A time where every man must face the mental and physical challenges of winter. A time to put your head down and get things done.
The winter arc will soon commence.

Are you ready for the winter arc?
The Winter Arc by thewinterarc August 31, 2022
Word of the Day on October 17, 2024

Wintergreen Lifesavers 

The flavor of some Lifesavers candy & they spark in the dark when you chew them!
When I went into a dark room & chewed Wintergreen Lifesavers & looked in the mirror, they did spark & it was so cool!

wintersault 

Doing a somersault (flip) in the winter time.
Tom: Dude i pulled the sickest wintersault yesterday.
Jerry: Sweet man! Did you land it ?
wintersault by MfoMario May 4, 2010

wintersault 

A new way of doing a somersault~you do it backwards!
I love to do the new version of the somersault~the wintersault! Extra fun!
wintersault by Starchylde June 4, 2016
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Concrete cowboy 

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.
Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.
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any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear
hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh
hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026
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God Shot 

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".
Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."
God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011
Word of the Day on September 18, 2026

city chicken 

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.
Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?
city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006
Word of the Day on September 17, 2026
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