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Detrimental 

of much or great significance or consequence
a detrimental event in world history

detrimental 

i group or gang of 5-10 people usually killing anything in thier path.
example TEAM3D vs cal-o
detrimental by ej December 6, 2004

Detrimental Information 

Compound noun. Information that one is better off not knowing or being exposed to.
Bro 1: That chick you're crushing on was enthusiastically promiscuous for a year after she divorced.

Bro 2: That's detrimental information, man.
Detrimental Information by Bro Ally September 3, 2013

detrimental-benefit 

Something which 'just feels right', but becomes regrettable later.

Plural: detrimental-benefits

Adjective: detrimentally-beneficial
Antonym: beneficial-detriment
Eating that whole cake was a detrimental-benefit, because even though it was tasty, I'm fat now, and my career is as a model (😱) so I could lose my job!

detrimental-dumbdumb

A person you work with who’s capacity for wisdom is so lacking that he or she costs the business more than the product of her work.
To get things done efficiently, avoid detrimental-dumbdumb as they make a mess of efficient work flow by taking conversations off into tangents, making irresponsible claims that halt projects until extra work is performed to prove them false, or forcing bottleneck approval processes.
detrimental-dumbdumb by Tysty7 June 12, 2019

friends with detriments 

The opposite of friends with benefits. A close friend who relies on you emotionally but there is no physical intimacy Involved. See also: HMNR.
I've known Leila for three years. She calls me up to talk whenever she has a fight with one of the losers she happens to be seeing. I like her a lot but we are totally just friends with detriments.
friends with detriments by aegiswings December 16, 2008
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"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
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Slop Grenade

When someone uses AI to generate a large document, slide deck, or piece of code/software and tosses it over the fence for you to deal with.
Chad: Hey Brent I sent you the new backend API change to review, it’s only 100 files changed.

Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
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