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Develope 

The archaic spelling of the word, develop. Though spelling it in this manner has fallen out of use, it technically is not incorrectly spelled. However, you are still wrong if you use it instead of the more modern spelling.
Boss's Email: Joe, did you develope those pictures I sent you?
Joe: Hey Bob, what the heck is develope?
Bob: That's the archaic spelling of develop.
Joe: Did the boss mean develop?
Bob: I'm sure he did, best get on it.
Develope by thl_sarcasm March 23, 2020

Develope 

Develop but used for bonus Scrabble purposes or misspellings of develop
I develope a way to win this game of Scrabble
Develope by Scrabblewinnerrr May 8, 2023

devloper 

A software developer so inattentive in their work to the point that they misspell their job title and don't notice the red squiggles under the word.

Usually a devloper is someone who produces little or no useful work. The issues they cause tend to cause significantly more work for others than productive work they themselves actually achieve.

Depending on experience level may be a junior devloper, and somehow eventually becomes a senior devloper, nobody knows why they got promoted or why they are still employed, but is often suspected that they have incriminating photographs of their boss.
That guy is such a devloper, he just wasted a day due to an unplugged network cable.
devloper by GinDrinker August 27, 2013

Developmental Trauma 

The experience of one (or multiple) traumatic events in one's childhood which leaves a mental scar, impacting them for the rest of their lives.

Usually comes from abuse, assault, verbal abuse, etc.
I have developmental trauma because of my ex stepdad.
Developmental Trauma by D-Monkey February 26, 2018

Arrested Development 

1) The best show you never saw. The Emmy Award winning show which survived for about two and a third seasons before being cancelled by Fox. Failed due to being far too smart for a mass audience who would rather watch Pamela Anderson "act" on Stacked.
2) Any act of getting completely screwed despite undeniable skills.
1) Fox jumped the shark when they gave the "Arrested Development" timeslot to "Prison Break."

2) When Michael Bluth was repeatedly passed over in favor of his amusing, inept, "illusionist" brother, Gob for leadership of the Bluth Compay, he was given the AD treatment.
Arrested Development by tacostacos December 28, 2005

arrested development 

IMO, the funniest and most well written show on TV.
Buy the DVD's to fully grasp the greatness of this show.
From Arrested Development:
"Lucille: Well, apparently, mood-altering medication leads to street drugs. That's what this very handsome young doctor said on the Today Show.
Michael: That was Tom Cruise, the actor.
Lucille: They said he was some kind of scientist..."
(if you don't get the above quote, don't bother watching the show)
arrested development by EolGul October 10, 2005
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Oblication 

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
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Surf Dracula Syndrome 

A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.

For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
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Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
Northstarring by Light Bearer October 22, 2026
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