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diaretes 

Some food that is so fattening and disgusting (by moral standards) that it gives you diabetes and diarrhea at the same time.
heavily fried foods such as ones you'd find at the infamous Heart Attack Grill is Las Vegas, multiple portions of Outback's Bloomin' Onion, etc. will give you diaretes

Self-Directed Learning 

A phenomenon in which you ask yourself why the fuck you just paid $2000 to hear a professor tell you to watch a YouTube video.
Teacher: “all right class, the next hour will be focused on self-directed learning! Here’s the homework, go ahead and self-direct yourself how to do it!”
Student: “...lazy-ass bitch...”

Directed by M. Night Shymalan 

A phrase used to point out a major twist in a film, conversation, or story.

The phrase originates from Shymalan's notorious reliance on twist endings. It usually holds a scornful connotation, due to the lackluster quality of many of Shymalan's recent films.

It is most commonly seen on boards such as Reddit, Tumblr, or 4chan.
Person A: "...and then it turned out that he was actually a transsexual midget standing on another midget's shoulders."
Person B: "..."
Person C: "Directed by M. Night Shymalan."

Directed Suicide 

A ridiculously awesome freshman-year program in DWM studies at Yale. Officially known as Directed Studies. Every week is essay week. Except especially awesome ones.

There are three classes: History/Political Thought, Philosophy, and Literature; they meet three times a week, with one lecture and two discussion sections each.

Everybody in DS hates DS, but after it's over they love it.
Directed Suicide demonstrates sexiness with dangerous style!

You: Wanna go to the dance on Thursday?
Me: Bitch please, I'm in DS!

Me: Man, now that I'm a senior I'm so glad I took DS.
You: ....
Directed Suicide by Heraclitus December 9, 2008

self-directed 

Acting without taking the opinion of others
Self-directed behavior is observed
self-directed by abody January 26, 2016
Texting someone while intoxicated, i.e. drunk texting.
Man, I got so smashed the other night and drexted my ex, now she won't stop calling.
Drexted by vannahbanana January 14, 2009
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NYC people who migrate north to Quahog, RI to see the leaves in the fall.
New York and everyone from there can fornicate themselves with an iron stick.
leafers by ss++ February 8, 2005
Word of the Day on September 27, 2026

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
Word of the Day on September 26, 2026

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."
Word of the Day on September 25, 2026
Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.

Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.
"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"
crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007
Word of the Day on September 24, 2026
A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.
Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.
Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026
Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

murderhobo 

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021
Word of the Day on September 22, 2026
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