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When your ego dies.

Usually one can only do this after years of meditating and learning about their own ego to eventually attain and maintain enlightenment.

You can also kill your ego by taking large amounts of LSD, mushrooms, mescaline, peyote or DMT....

Although the effects wear off.

Your ego is explained by Buddhism...

Your ego is deeply attached and saturated with your personality and your identity.
Last night I drank some ayahuasca and I felt like I was dying! In actuality it was just my ego dying aka egocide.

Americans need mass egocide. Let's put LSD in the water.
egocide by Frank Nutz March 11, 2017
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Unlike pesticide, or homicide or suicide or genocide, egocide is an immaterial but no less serious form of ciding, and happens undercover all the time. There are multiple ways to commit egocide, the most common being (as mentioned by another dictioneerist, jpg3) simply devaluing yourself and having chronic low self-esteem. However, this is a slow process, and - by the way - egocide is not merely a form of suicidal behavior- more egocide is committed against an other ego rather than one's own. This is basically the competitive side of human nature, the meanness and cutthroat behavior which flourishes in toxic environments such as office buildings and rich people's homes. (see sociopathy)

That said, the more radical form of egocide is the one committed by the selfsame ego, which happens in traumatic experiences or abuse of hallucinogenic or psychotropic drugs (psilocybin, lsd, etc), a chemically-induced wiping away of the frail scraps of the ego in the deluge of traumatic experience. Technically the ego can't die, except through Buddhist practice (in which it is simply overcome), but it can be buried underneath the heap of psychic distress which encapsulates the traumatic event.

Egocide is very painful but meditation is a good remedy for its potentially adverse affects.
I've committed egocide so many times I can't even de-cide what to leggo my eggo with anymore
egocide by Pincetti September 8, 2019
The act of dying while taking an extreme selfie.
The dude on top of the building committed egocide!
egocide by Magna Vaqua November 6, 2015
The human activity of destroying or causing irreparable damage to natural ecosystems, typically in the interests of economic gain, or occassionally, for military purposes.
China and India are committing total ECOCIDE just so that we can have more shit to buy from Walmart.
ecocide by Peter Ralphs February 18, 2008
In short, a feeble/lame attempt at suicide by someone of the emo persuasion. Emosides are for attention purposes only, and NEVER result in actual death. (i.e. taking 4 Zoloft tablets insead if 1, a self-inflicted AirSoft gunshot to the head, choking yourself with rubberband)
Ben: Todd commited emocide 4 times this week!
Clint: Wish he would just get it over with.
emocide by Ben&Clint April 10, 2006

eggcident 

A kitchen accident, usually involving an egg, but it can involve any other messy, hard-to-clean food, like jelly.
While cooking breakfast, Millie had an EGGCIDENT and had to wipe down the stove, as well as the floor.
eggcident by Cherry Nelsonic May 16, 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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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
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