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chackmate 

What you say, in closing, when you're pretending to be a stupid person who thinks they're making a clever argument. Usually as a hashtag following a pastiche of a dumb-person interlocutor you imagine you're arguing with.

Etymology: the first confirmed ironic usage was by @gbowie3 on September 30, 2012:
well in America we invented democracy, capitalism, freedom and the number one nation in the world #MERICA #ChackMate
chackmate by ClimbingTheLog November 13, 2021
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Checkmate 

What you say when you bring in an argument so powerful that your debate opponent is unable to respond to it.
Bananas prove god exists. CHECKMATE atheists.
Checkmate by Friendless Fellow August 2, 2019

Ice skater checkmate

The Ice skater checkmate is a checkmate where the rook or the queen checkmates the king that is blocked by all three of his pawns after the king has castled.
OH MY GOD CHAT I DID THE "ICE SKATER CHECKMATE" BING BANG BOOM

Checkmate, Lincolnites!

A phrase uttered by Neo-Confederates or Lost Causers after DESTROYING the pernicious lies of Yankees, Scalawags, and Carpetbaggers using FACTS and LOGIC.
Johnny Reb: "Why did the North invade the South in 1861? Was it because they hated slavery?"

Billy Yank: "No, it was to save the Union, but sl-"

Johnny Reb: "CHECKMATE, LINCOLNITES!1!!!1!"

checkmate 

1.Time in chess inwhich the King is being threatened, and cannot move anywhere else without being threatened again. This is the end of a chess game.

2. To win completely.
1. Your king can't go anywhere; checkmate.

2. Wow, now he's dead... checkmate!
checkmate by The Phone Booth April 24, 2004

Verbal Checkmate

Getting someone to the point in an argument to which they have no comeback or response.
She seemed to shut up after I got her in that verbal checkmate last night.
Verbal Checkmate by Gmagnum GJA January 20, 2009

Urinal Checkmate 

The act of a man picking an open urinal that accomplishes 2 things.

1. He is not standing right next to another man
2. Anybody else that enters the bathroom will be forced to stand next to another man.
I was late because Frank urinal checkmate'd me, so I had to wait to go to the bathroom.
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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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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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