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1) A divinity presiding over forests and trees; tree-like; a wood nymph.
2) Behavior characteristic of a designated personality belonging to a tree (behavior variable on tree class chosen).
3) A person who carries a strong motherly instinct; protective.
1) Eurydice, the beautiful and dryadic ill-fated wife of Orpheus.
2) I tire of your subbornly dryadic attitude, you damn obstinate oak.
3) She was rather well known for her dryadic methods, constantly keeping an eagle eye on who or what mattered to her.
dryadic by apple January 27, 2004
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Dreadication 

Dedicated to the growth of serious dreadlocks
To grow dreadlocks that long takes serious dreadication
Dreadication by Mr Shoe July 11, 2015
Having sexual organs that fit neatly into the male-female binary; in other words, not intersex.
Carlos's genitalia weren't mutilated when he was born, because he's dyadic.
Dyadic by Yvet July 23, 2012

dreadicine

This is medicine that people are afraid to take because of side effects like losing sex drive or weight gain.
Mandy chose to not take the dreadicine lithium and instead went manic and got arrested.
dreadicine by von groovy April 13, 2019
when something is like way totally awesome dude
Hey that concert was totally ((dradicle)) man!
dradicle by christina weena October 28, 2003

dradicating 

Dradicating is an industry term meaning ‘eradicate till dead’ used for pest control.
We provide dradicating services to rid you of ants in your house.
dradicating by krystiansun January 26, 2016
"Bro, i've never seen results like this until I decided to go to Dyadic!"
Dyadic by Dyadic July 8, 2024
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The number of years you are still sexually active
While our lifespan is the number of years we will live, our healthspan is the number of healthy years we will have and our sexspan is is the number of years we will continue to be healthy enough to continue having an active sex life.
sexspan by Dr Kat April 21, 2022
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A lighthearted reaction upon receiving disappointing news of some sort. Usually something that isn't a particularly a big deal, esp. when it primarily affects someone else - sort of a mild schadenfreude. Sometimes doubled or tripled, and possibly said in a sing-songy voice for added comedic effect to imitate a muted trumpet, which is how the meme originated.
You didn't get any napkins with your takeout pork fried rice? Womp womp.
womp by 175623226 November 3, 2011
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When your wife’s boyfriend let you sleep past 8pm 😎😎
Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!
Poggers by Just_Charles April 14, 2020
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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.
Oblication by kimmerr May 5, 2011
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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!
Word of the Day on October 24, 2026

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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