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Exclam. A greeting, hello. (Midlands/North use. Dialect)
"Ay-up, mate!"
"Ay-up!"
ay-up! by Alex Quantashassle April 15, 2005
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A greeting used by Northerners and in parts of the Northern Midlands in the United Kingdom, for example Yorkshire, Lancashire, Nottingham and so on. It is another way to say hello and comes with an accent, which is very typically Northern.
Dave: Ay-up Michael, han't seen you round ere' in a while
Michael: Aye!
ay-up by The Dank Meme July 9, 2019
a term used to greet to someone who lives in the north west of England.
'ay up lad you reet'
'aye'
ay up by meee1 August 21, 2006
also used as far south as the midlands!

meaning..."look out" or "look who's here"..."look what's happened"
"ay up!", look who just walked in

"ay up!", it's pissin' it down
ay up! by stuchka March 2, 2009

Ay up lass 

Can mean either hello to a girl OR theres a really fit lass/girl.
Pretty girl walks in

"ay up lass" boy
"hello" pretty girl
Ay up lass by Lultutu 72 June 9, 2011

Throwing up a Y 

Throwing up a Y in a picture or in public means your representing YNF, YoungansNevaFold
“Why is Miklo always throwing up a Y in his pics? " “ Girl cause he YNF duhh”
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Slop Grenade

When someone uses AI to generate a large document, slide deck, or piece of code/software and tosses it over the fence for you to deal with.
Chad: Hey Brent I sent you the new backend API change to review, it’s only 100 files changed.

Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
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Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
After we broke up, he was floxi to me.
floxi by Dr. Geek May 13, 2009
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NYC people who migrate north to Quahog, RI to see the leaves in the fall.
New York and everyone from there can fornicate themselves with an iron stick.
leafers by ss++ February 8, 2005
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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.

After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.
Respectfully by john quan the first December 20, 2020
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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.
Dante: "I wish I could be Nigerian, but I can't because I'm Chinese. You met me at a very Chinese time in my life."
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Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.

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?"
crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007
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