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Decency is a noun and can have two distinct meanings:
1. Behaviour that conforms to accepted standards of morality or respectability.
2. Things required for a reasonable standard of life.
1. One example of decency is not calling people with a learning disability rug munchers.
2. In one sense, you do need money for decency.
Decency by AKACroatalin February 26, 2017

decency timeline 

The amount of time knowing or dating someone after which it is considered "decent" or appropriate to do certain things with said person.
Kissing someone on a first date would be considered within the decency timeline, where as banging someone on the first date may, by some, not be.
decency timeline by Anonymous August 4, 2003

common decency

at least, I had the common decency not to blow your boyfriend at our sister's graduation. I waited till after.
common decency by Fitzytime April 22, 2015

Human Decency 

Something that a lot of people don't have and it's frustrating because im so tired of arguing with people about basic rights and respect
ugh why cant people just have human decency. is it that hard to not be racist, homophobic, and sexist?

Decency Flush

If a Courtesy Flush is flushing while still on the toilet (to eliminate odor for others' sakes), then a Decency Flush is simply flushing the toilet when done pooping... period.
Dear roommate: A 'courtesy flush' isn't required but a 'decency flush' kinda is. So please remember to flush after you shit your next hobbit. Okay, thanks.

Dear roommate: Found another shit show in the toilet today. Please refer to my last note... the whole 'decency flush' thing. Okay. Yeah. Thanks.

Dear roommate: Another hobbit found.

Dear roommate: Okay. Scratch the decency flush thing... moving on to 'mandated flush'. Please comply.

Dear roommate: I'm moving out. Not comfortable wearing this hazmat suit anymore.
Decency Flush by PDXJohnny99 June 25, 2013
The word for intelligence and respect, as well as not being arrogantly chauvanistic and monsterous and thinking that all women are sandwich-making sex slaves!
SERIOUSLY! You idiots who keep posting on this site just keep saying females are sex slaves and use any word you can think of to describe a form of sex! GO GET SOME FUCKING DECENCY FOR ONCE, YOU PERVERTED, RETARDED, CHAUVANISTIC BASTARDS!!!
Decency by Greener223 November 27, 2011
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anyone who succeeds in disgracing/over indulging themselves in the throws of clubland
28 hours and 4 clubs later, gurning for england but still refusing to go home - a total wrongun!!
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Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
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"Hey, do you know that girl Sally?"

"Yeah, she's kind of annoying. All she ever talks about it ballet."

"Wow, what a Bunhead."

"Hey Sally, you want to hang out this weekend?"
"I can't, I have dance."
"You're such a Bunhead."

"Yeah... I know."
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trucker's tan 

A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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Every time I walk into the toy aisle, I catch myself kidulting over the latest action figures and LEGO sets!
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Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
According to the boffins downstairs, the murderer used a serrated blade.
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