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Altavista 

A really shitty and boring town with nothing to do.
"Wow, this town has really become an altavista"
Altavista by Sunsh1ne95 November 21, 2011

altavista 

A good search engine, that while not as great as google in searching regular pages, has the ability to search for sound and movie files.
Do you really need one!?
altavista by Decander June 27, 2005

altavista 

A boolean search engine that rivals even the great wordgoogle/word
I founded where Carmen Sandiego with Altavista!
altavista by PoptartKing August 21, 2003

Atavistic 

Having characteristics regressing to a more primitive type; resembling a distant ancestor. A evolutionary throwback.
The atavistic dew claw in many dog breeds is a simple example of a genetic throwback to an earler stage of dog evolution.

An atavistic example in humans is when babies are born with true tails.
Atavistic by OneBadAsp November 2, 2006

altavisa 

A misspelling of Altavista that actually redirects to Altavista because so many people mistype it. You Idiots.
Altavisa is not pronounced as "all-the-vision".
altavisa by duggie October 28, 2003

Atavistic 

Acting like your ancestors, or just a really bloody good word for making your English teachers think that you're a God in English, and how to attract the hot women.
English GSCE: "Mr Hyde has an atavistic nature, acting on his gut instinct."
Pulling hot birds: "Hey babe that top looks highly atavistic ;)."
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You didn't get any napkins with your takeout pork fried rice? Womp womp.
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When your wife’s boyfriend let you sleep past 8pm 😎😎
Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!
Poggers by Just_Charles April 14, 2020
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