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Desenrascanco 

Portuguese- To pull a MacGyver.

This is the art of slapping together a solution to a problem at the last minute, with no advanced planning, and no resources. It's the coat hanger you use to fish your car keys out of the toilet, the emergency mustache you hastily construct out of pubic hair.
Tom: Shit, the bombs gonna blow up and all we have are 2 toothpicks and rubber condom. Quick, someone Desenrascanco.
Desenrascanco by Reknew January 3, 2010
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Desenrascate 

(verb) English adaptation of a Portuguese word used to describe successfully improvising out of a situation or in doing something, always used between a modal verb and a pronoun ending in -self.
"Won't you help him with his flat tire?"
"Nah, he will desenrascate himself"
Desenrascate by Anomalocaris June 18, 2023
A fairly tall, pretty girl but she will be the most loving girl you will ever meet. If you even meet a Desenya never let them go, they will be the best person in your life, she will be your best friend
Boy: How is that girl so perfect?

Friend: That's because her name is Desenya
Desenya by Sohan3:) May 5, 2022

demenial 

Humiliating and/or degrading work that requires little skill or training, is not interesting, and confers low social status on somebody doing it.
At work everyday I am asked to do demenial work since there is no real work to be done.
demenial by GentryRiggen January 22, 2014
A sister that gets on everybody nerves and dont know when to stop talking
deseria shut up im on the phone
deseria by caft smift May 3, 2018
A girl who wears ugly shit ass low budget shoes but don't give a fuck because she gets sick dick whenever she is dick sick from that curt dude.
Hey look there is that desnia whit her dead ass shoes.
Yea but she don't care she now legged from the pipe she get from curtis
Yes true all the hoes are.
desnia by Hammer drill May 11, 2018
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Slop Grenade

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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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