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Someone who's constantly doing shit and seems to never sleep
"My mom is such a busy-body. She raises 3 kids, goes to PTA meetings, cooks, cleans, and helps with homework all on her own."
busy-body by Dallas Helton July 15, 2006

Busybodying 

Verb - To busybody. Busybodying refers to the cumulative actions and behaviours of a person who wishes to involve themselves unnecessarily in the affairs of others.
Someone who busybodies can often use this as a way of making themselves artificially busy, or making themselves appear more popular and in demand than is in fact the case.
Someone busybodying will often appear psyched and flustered by other people's lives despite there being no obvious cause for their excitement.
Whilst most of these people feel the need to busybody due to something lacking in their own lives, occasionally their motives can be to manipulate or gain control over an 'empire'.
The government has been accused of political busybodying by Germany's Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Busybodying by Kao Freud December 30, 2005
A person who constantly gossips and talks bad about people and spreads rumors about them in order to cause problems and conflict.
That Busybody spreads rumers like it is her profession.

She is the neighborhood busybody.
Busybody by josh1983 October 7, 2008
A busybody is that bitch who likes to talk shit about you behind your back and tell people how fucked up your relationship is when she is a hypocrite.
Sydney acted like a busybody and told Jasmine that Rene didn't got to class and that it 's his girlfriends fault. Jasmine told his girlfriend to stop dating Rene; his girlfriend punched Sydney and Jasmine in the face.
busybody by BitchThatTakeNoShit January 13, 2016
An annoying stupid person (usually obese and arrogant) that gets under your finger nails and attempts to control you when they have no actual authority over you.
"Wow, there goes Cheri again, attempting to be other children's mother and interfering with other people's decisions. It's too bad she can't leave others alone and stop denying reality."
busybody by Ed Gein July 21, 2005
A dumbass who has too much tim on their hands. They use this time to annoy, monitor, and try controlling others. AltarCrystal is a prime example of this.
Oh look at that, there goes AltarCrystal being a busybody faggot once again. Why doesn't he ever mind his fucking business? People like him should be killed.
busybody by JAGF February 4, 2004
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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.

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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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A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.
Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.
Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026
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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.
DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
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.
murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021
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