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Verb To pass a task or responsibility to another, usually more senior, person. The opposite of the verb to delegate.
The staff would elegate anything but the simplest of tasks to their manager.
elegate by robdude January 21, 2009
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Elightenmentful 

When you’re too cool for school and smart in an enlightened way
Woah you being the bigger man is so Elightenmentful
The act of taking over a business, it's the third step in a 4 step process. One is not simply selected as boss, they humiliate the current boss, impose their will, and take control of the business. In return, the previous boss sulks in self misery.

Not to be mistaken by eliminate, elimate is the coup d'etat of the business world.
Maariko decided to elimate and take control of the business, leaving Russ in the dust.
Elimate by bizair20 February 22, 2020

eligagephalen

Has a huge penis and is the sex lord
Eligagephalen is the best in the bed
eligagephalen by Puobes December 6, 2020
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korean word for madam, older woman
Ajumma wait a moment
Ajumma by aintnotinbutnice July 5, 2009
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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."
Word of the Day on September 25, 2026
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