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downloafing 

the process by which the aqiusition of meidia from the internet by illigal means is engaged.
hellz yeah!! get on the downloafing
downloafing by MC Skittlz December 17, 2004

downlowing 

Based on the express "keeping it on the down low," the term "downlowing" refers to a casual, and at the same time, secret, homosexual relationship, typically between black or latino men in small social gatherings - such as card games. Many of the men who participate in "downlowing" do not consider themselves gay, and many even have families.
Felix invited me to play dominoes with him and the boys this weekend, but I was told there's a lot of downlowing going on at those games, so I declined.
downlowing by Andrew August 19, 2004

Dawnloading 

Performing overnight large scale downloads (usually videoclips of erotic content up to 25+Gb) that are to be viewed the next morning.

Origin: October 3rd on bf2s.com forums by usernames DonFck, NooBest[FIN and {uscm}Jyden. A typo lead to interpretation of a word now known as "dawnloading"
"I started dawnloading from (insert website with erotic content here).com only to in the morning notice that my ISP was down. Man, that bummed me out. I was ready with the tissue and all.."
Dawnloading by DonFck September 23, 2008

Are you downloading? 

Question asked by one player to another when a game suffers lag. Often used by gamers playing swos.
Housemate 1: "My game's lagging, are you downloading?"

Housemate 2: "No I'm not, it must be the guy in Germany."
Are you downloading? by RichT February 12, 2008

downroading 

A silly word used in place of downloading as both mockery and homage. Usually used when referring to any piece of Japanese file media because of the common mispronunciation of the "r" sound by Japanese speakers.

"Man you gotta downroad this crazy anime."
"i r downroading at teh fullest of speedXXorz!!1"
downroading by DanXXorz November 14, 2007

COMPULSIVE DOWNLOADING DISORDER 

COMPULSIVE DOWNLOADING DISORDER (CDD)

Is an anxiety disorder characterized by uncontrollable, wanted thoughts of DOWNLOADING Anything and everything you feel compelled to have or don't have.

SYMPTOMS INCLUDE-

TERA-UNIVERSING:
The Overwhelming feeling that there is never enough storage space on a terabyte or larger hard drive even when half full.

BYTE-NIBBLING:
The refusal to download any thing larger than 500 megabytes in order to conserve storage space.

TORRENT-SURFING:
Searching for the smallest possible torrent file size saving even more storage space and gaining faster downloading speeds allowing you to download more at once.

MAGA-DRIVING:
Excessively shopping online for external hard drives with more storage space just to have an extras. Also known as (GIG HOPPING)
(CDD)

Was searching for a certain TV series and was compelled to download others. COMPULSIVE DOWNLOADING DISORDER
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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
Slop Grenade by Joe Squid September 28, 2026
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Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
After we broke up, he was floxi to me.
floxi by Dr. Geek May 13, 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
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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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