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No, it's not the tomato condiment that you put on your French fries but the express train you ride in the hope of catching the local train you just missed.
Fuck---just missed my 6 train at Brooklyn Bridge. I'll take the catchup to 14th Street---maybe I can pick up the 6 from there.
catchup by pentozali January 10, 2014
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A business term referring business meetings on the go.
Let's catchup the proposal after launch.
Catchup by Translate guide January 21, 2022

playing catchup 

When your friends have already had a drink, but you are just starting you are "playing catchup".

From the TV game show "Catchphrase", with the legendary Roy Walker.
Mate, you're late and playing catchup.
playing catchup by JasonC August 4, 2007

DVR catch-up

'DVD catch-up' is when, while recording a game or other TV event on your DVR, you start watching the recording from the beginning - and as you come to the ads, timeouts, etc., you fast-forward through them, thus slowly catching-up on the event in real time.
Uncle Tony is so good at DVR catch-up, he usually syncs up with real-time just after the final ad.

Premature Catchulation 

When an excited dog closes their mouth too soon when trying to catch a ball, causing the ball to bounce away off their nose
John- How's Sammy with the ball these days? Is she able to catch it?

Dave- Nah, gets so excited that when I throw the ball at her, she premature catchulates all over the place... She has a real bad case of premature catchulation.

catch up 

To catch up from the times they haven't seen each other.
Hey let's play catch up!
catch up by That old friend December 26, 2011

Cachupín 

A regular dog. Used in Chile.
That super cachupín saved the store from those thiefs.

I fed the cachupín that had nothing to eat from the street.
Cachupín by Jocov August 26, 2011
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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
Word of the Day on September 24, 2026
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
Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

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
Word of the Day on September 22, 2026
In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

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."
Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020
Word of the Day on September 21, 2026

Concrete cowboy 

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.
Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.
Word of the Day on September 20, 2026
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