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starving kids in Africa 

Phrase used by Catholic priests or nuns to guilt parochial students into eating vegetables that are good for them or donating money to yet another Catholic charity.
Example 1:

Sr. Mary: Eat your brussels sprouts, Susie.

Susie: But, I don't like them, sister. They're yucky!

Sr. Mary: I can't believe you are wasting food. Why, there are starving kids in Africa who would give anything to have those brussel sprouts. So, you eat them, you hear? They're part of God's bountiful harvest.

Susie: (Looking guilty) Yes, sister.

Example 2:

Sr. Mary: (To class) As part of our Lenten service project, I am asking that each of you donate your lunch money today to the Feed the Children organization. In return, you will receive one cracker and a bowl of watered-down chicken broth for lunch - just like the starving kids in Africa eat every day.

Susie: (Looking longingly at her lunch money) Yes, sister.
starving kids in Africa by Loxi July 18, 2009

starving kids in Africa 

The reason why every person in developed countries should be happy.
Unhappy person: I just got fired from my job, my wife wants a divorce, I can't pay my bills and my kids think I'm a complete failure.

Happy person: Cheer up, there are starving kids in Africa!

there are kids in africa

When you don't want to give someone something or their being picky
This sucks again

No dude there are kids in Africa

Starving kids in Africa 

Noun: those kids you see on those ASPCA or UNICEF or something, usually you can count their ribs

Verb: used widely by mothers towards their children, when they haven't finished their food (mostly vegetables) to represent that they are lucky to have food
Adj: used to describe a African kid, but they have to be from Africa and not like a Muslim African like dark skin ass one
Starving kids in Africa:
White child; Mom! I'm full gonna go play more COD now cuz thats all I do and have not freakin life and will probably end up shooting my school!
White mother, or black you pick; You didn't finish your vegetable yet, you know that staring kids in Africa don't get anything

There are kids in Africa eating leather soup

"Whoever put this food together needs a good talking to"

"There are kids in Africa eating leather soup"

"This is not fine dining, nor buffet, nor Euro, nor Indian, nor a restaurant, nor a feast"

" There are kids in Africa eating leather soup"
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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.

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You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

A moment in time where you feel distinctly Chinese over all other things.
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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?"
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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.
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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.
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Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.
"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."
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