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Auditing 

Auditing is a form of public scrutiny where individuals openly film locations, typically places of work, using their legal right to film in public spaces. Auditors aim to test the adherence of security personnel, law enforcement officers, and company employees to the law and regulations governing the right to film in public. By documenting and sharing their experiences, auditors can draw attention to potential abuses of power, promote transparency, and hold authorities accountable for their actions.
"Yo, what's up guys, it's AB (Auditing Britain). We are outside Lewisham Police Station and going to audit them."

"Are you auditing sir?"
Words you can keep

auditing america

A Youtuber with approximately 100K subscribers who films various, seemingly random locations on the grounds of the 1st Amendment. Despite claiming a thorough understanding of United States law, he frequently states misinformation, deletes comments contradicting him, and blocks users who expose him. Furthermore, he lacks any press credentials or any other qualification to back his claim of being a member of the press.

energy auditing 

using rule of thumb methods, as opposed to detailed engineering, to estimate unmeasurable savings
"Hey Gus, what's energy Auditing?"

"We had energy auditers come round yesterday. They're gunna save us millions."

"But your electricity bill is only 200 bucks a year"
energy auditing by Mat Moore August 30, 2008

AI Auditing 

The act of habitually scrutinizing online posts for evidence of AI-generated content, often in a disparaging manner that undermines genuine engagement and distracts from the substance of conversations. Practiced by individuals who prioritize the detection of AI usage over contributing to or fostering meaningful discourse, AI auditing is criticized for its presumptive nature and the unwarranted skepticism it casts on participants' authenticity.
"Despite the insightful discussion on climate change, the thread quickly devolved into AI auditing, with several members accusing others of not crafting their responses personally."
AI Auditing by Vrykolakas February 21, 2024

Narrative Auditing

A communication dynamic in which one person repeatedly scrutinizes, reframes, or challenges another person's account of their own experiences in ways that diminish that person's agency over their own story. Narrative auditing can become harmful when it prioritizes external interpretation over a person's lived experience and is used to pressure them into adopting someone else's version of events.

Unlike healthy questioning—which seeks understanding through curiosity and mutual respect—harmful narrative auditing attempts to redefine another person's identity, memories, motives, emotions, or reality without their consent or meaningful participation.

Characteristics:

Repeatedly insisting someone else's interpretation is more valid than the person's own account.
Dismissing or minimizing lived experience without genuine inquiry.
Framing disagreement as evidence that the other person cannot accurately understand themselves.
Using authority, status, or social pressure to shape another person's self-narrative.
Replacing dialogue with correction or coercive reinterpretation.

Healthy Alternative: Narrative Witnessing
Listening with curiosity, asking clarifying questions, acknowledging uncertainty, and recognizing that people are generally the primary interpreters of their own lived experiences while remaining open to respectful dialogue and new information.
Narrative Auditing is a tactic often used by patriarchal power structures, including patriarchal agents, to attemt to have others self-abandon their own truth. It is an abuse tactic used to wield power over the valitidity and truth of the experience of abuse through coercion.

additing 

When altering an existing web page with new content, some people say they are adding content, other editing it. So 'additing' appeared by accident on a timesheet entry.
I was additing the home page.
additing by Colin Watson April 5, 2004
aditing refers to the moment when ayam leaves his everything including his very own friend to be with a girl named aditi (styled : adt)
yaar ayam ka firse aditing hogya game k bich
aditing by rapcute July 14, 2023
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High School Liquid 

A person who can freely travel between and fit in with all high school social groups and classes.
He is high school liquid, he ate lunch with the nerds and hung out with the jocks after school.
High School Liquid by Thaedris July 30, 2008
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Purple Patch 

To describe coming into something good, coming into good luck and or good times.

Like walking over small green hills in the countryside then coming across a purple patch of flowers, thus it being unique and out of the ordinary.
I hit a real purple patch.

The other day this good thing happened unexpectedly then I was lucky with this, it was unique, I hit a real purple patch.
Purple Patch by Ralph Shitstorm October 27, 2020
Word of the Day on September 5, 2026
(Ewokese) Freedom!
And dying in yo' bed many years from now, would ya be willing ta trade all da days from dis here day ta dat fo' one chance, just one chance, ta come back here as young men an' tell our enemies dat dey may take our lives but dey will never take our freedom ... YUB NUB!
yub nub by rotjrem November 4, 2010
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1. Meaning nasty, sexy, filthy. Popularized by Christina Aguilera.

2. Used usally as a close friend in hip-hop slang.
1. Wanna get dirrty
It's about time that I came to start the party Sweat drippin' over my body
Dancin' gettin' just a little naughty

2. Sup Dirrty? Haven't seen you in a while.
dirrty by Minty November 30, 2003
Word of the Day on September 3, 2026

Coyote Ugly

1. Place

The Bar came before the movie. It is an awesome bar where the girls know how to party and make you feel okay about giving up your money, drawers, bras, and dignity.

2. Movie

A story about a Jersey girl following her dreams, aided by working at this bar in New York.

3. Situation/Person/Decision

See other definitions - waking up next to someone so ugly you'd rather chew your arm off than wake them up.
1. Yo, Coyote Ugly is my favorite bar! I got whipped, stripped, drunk, and danced on the bar all before 7 o'clock!

2. Hey did you see Coyote Ugly? It actually has a plot!

3. Ugg I woke up to Coyote Ugly this morning!
Coyote Ugly by jerseycountry March 8, 2009
Word of the Day on September 2, 2026

Literally 1984 

Used in response for when someone promotes/advocates an event or idea that is perceived to support "too much" authority and/or government control.

Often used jokingly as a over-exaggeration in political talk.

Can also be used in response to a ban or mute in a forum site or online chat.
Steve: I think that the government should regulate businesses more
Bob: Literally 1984!

--User1 has been permantly banned--
User2: You cant ban my friend like that! Literally 1984!
Literally 1984 by ke1 July 7, 2021
Word of the Day on September 1, 2026
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