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advoiding 

The act of moving your mouse pointer carefully around a web page to avoid nuisance pop-up ads. This technique requires some skill and a sharp eye to dodge "hover-over-and-pop-up-ads" embedded in a news article or column.
"Come'on! I just want to see who won the game, but these pop-ups keep trying to sell team jerseys. Looks like I'm gonna need my advoiding skills for this site..."
advoiding by HarryP April 28, 2008
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Advising Day Eve 

A holiday on the campus of Gannon University. The university cancels classes for Advising Day so the night before is known as Advising Day Eve. Students celebrate by drinking, partying, and running around campus making fools of themselves. A popular Advising Day Eve hangout is Antlers Bar. Even certain professors are known to participate in Advising Day Eve festivities.
Dude I had the craziest night! I did shots with the Dean at Antlers!" "Well, yeah it was Advising Day Eve!
Advising Day Eve by gu2013 April 15, 2011

Avoiding Homework 

What you are most likely doing right now.
Abby was avoiding homework, so she got on Urban Dictionary.

self-advising 

'Self-Advising' is the term for doing what you ought not, KNOWING BEFOREHAND that you ought NOT and yet . . . you do it anyway. This is especially true of calling with a known dead hand in poker. Against our own best advice to ourselves and gut instincts (and sometimes even the odds), we do what we know is wrong because . . . well, you know the list of reasons, we all have them and interchange and use them at random.
When am I going to start listening to myself and STOP! listening to myself? That's what I get for self-advising again.
self-advising by ORD ELLIS September 14, 2007

Aspoiding 

The act of consciously avoiding discussing the plot details of a piece of media while in the presence of someone who has not experienced it. Alternatively, the act of consciously avoiding or ignoring information regarding media you have not experienced.

A portmanteau of "avoiding" and "spoiler".
"Mike hasn't seen Star Wars yet, so we're aspoiding it around him."
"I can't afford to see the new Star Wars until the end of the week... it's tough aspoiding it on the internet."
"I haven't seen that yet. Please aspoid it if you can."
Aspoiding by Tacheon Black December 26, 2019

Adroiding 

The act of avoiding talking to the people in a room by using a Droid phone.
Larry: Dude, your Mom is totally adroiding us.
Kenny: No she's not, she's just checking the weather.
Larry: For three hours?
Adroiding by GoMiNamSunbae November 30, 2010

Organic agriculture is based on minimising the use of external inputs, avoiding the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. 

Organic agriculture is based on minimising the use of external inputs, avoiding the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
Organic agriculture is based on minimising the use of external inputs, avoiding the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
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"Yeah, she's kind of annoying. All she ever talks about it ballet."

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"Yeah... I know."
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I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
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Pee Calculus

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Literally "dirty" pronounced with a West Indian accent. Can also have a positive connotation, for example Sean Paul's album title "Dutty Rock".
"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

or, in a positive usage:

"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
Dutty by J Hall April 3, 2003
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