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A hard copy of a book. That is, a physical series of papers, composed primarily of non-living organic matter originating from trees, that are bound together into a single volume.
Carrying all these dead trees around campus is really hurting my back.
by thrillkillbill January 08, 2009
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May 19 Word of the Day
Voluntarily Celibate.
A person who chooses to be celibate. Can be for any given amount of time, for a short period or for their entire life. Can be for religious reasons or not.

related: incel
-Priests are volcel (or at least they're supposed to be).

-Gary was so upset after the divorce he became volcel for the rest of his life.
by kay_see October 23, 2007
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Pejorative for paper, books, and other hard copies that required killing of trees in order to produce them.

Often used when one prefers an electronic version or submission of a product otherwise seen on paper.
"Hello, Clive. Do you accept online dropbox submissions of our homework, or are we compelled to take from the environment by printing out and submitting dead trees to your desk every Thursday?"
by Egao No Genki January 31, 2012
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to fold yourself in half and hang like a dead tree. can be used while dancing if you can not think of a better pose.
while dancing i completely forgot what to do so i just did the dead tree.
by the CIT July 13, 2011
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Of paper. Get it? As opposed to digital.
"I've got a deadtree copy of the new DnD splatbook. No more crappy PDF!"
by AbuDhabi March 12, 2008
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when 27 Black guys have a gay orgy on the top of the eiffel tower
guy: What do you see through the telescope
girl: 27 black guys having a gay orgy on the top of the eiffel tower
guy: oh a dead tree
by Anal_Warrior27 June 18, 2018
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