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a term used to describe rubbish/boring/bad instances in life
that lecture was a complete dry out.

this band is rubbish, they're drying the room out.
dry out by Dave Shearn April 3, 2007

Dry out: 

To go through rehab in order to stop a drug or alcohol addiction. See also clean up, gone straight.
Nah, I don’t want any of that. I’ve done the clean up and the dry out, gone straight, and now I’ve got my whole life ahead of me. I’m strong, and I don’t need that shit no more.
Dry out: by Nurse Kitten September 7, 2005

dry make-out 

making out without the exchannge of spit and no tounge is invovled!!!

This kiss is good for people who want to mke out but do not wan to use use wet tounge.
Come here hottie lets dry make-out cuzz i dont wanna taste your spit or feel your tounge in my mouth.

hung out to dry 

When you've been left alone to face a situation - especially a dangerous or unpleasant situation - the people who just abandoned you have hung you out to dry. Also known as "Hung Up to Dry."
1. Right before the company went bankrupt, the CEO sold all of his stock, thereby leaving everyone else there hung out to dry.
hung out to dry by zoopet November 20, 2007

hang out to dry 

to expose someone's weakpoints or vulnerability
at the town meeting next week, the city council is going to hang out to dry the mayor
hang out to dry by ashtair February 8, 2014

hanging out to dry 

To make an appointment or plans with someone and then at the last minute make excuses or plans with someone else or blow them off.
Ms. Levesque called me and were set to meet this weekend. But I got another call just today and now she is not feeling well after partying all night. That bitch left me hanging out to dry again!
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Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

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"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?"
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