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Social Espionage

The act of taking a picture with your phone and then immediately posting it to a social networking site or sites without the subjects knowledge.
John: We're you at that rager last night?

Steve: Yes, and that dick Tommy took a photo of me groping a stripper with his phone and posted it to facebook, a real act of social espionage...needless to say my wife put my dick back on the mantle.
Social Espionage by jasbra January 7, 2010

Sexpionage 

Sarah used sexpionage to find out the date of the party that she wasn't invited to.
Sexpionage by backlash99 September 20, 2010

Espionage Date 

To bring a friend or family member on a date to sit there and spy on you while you're on the date without either one of you acknowledging that you know the other.
My sister was on an espionage date with me while I met up with my blind date so we can analyze it later.
Espionage Date by shayaknyc December 28, 2008

espionage 

guy: she has never been involved in espionage.
girl: really?
guy: Yeah, well it is wrong.
gril: true.
espionage by Random Immigrant October 3, 2008

lexpionage 

The act of hunting for new words and phrases.
urbandictionary, wordspy.com 2 of the best known resources of lexpionage
lexpionage by U8IK June 27, 2007
Mostly a typing error (See typo) For "Espionage", espionate is actually a real word. It is unlikely to appear in most dictionaries, but I'll be damned if I can't get it in this one (perhaps I'll send it to Oxford University press too?)


Espionate:

(v) To achieve one's goal without detection; to conquer all barriers attempting to prevent reachin one's goal without destroying them.

A proffesional approach to tackling a problem.
Proxies can espionate the ban filter at gametalk.com


James Bond epionated that gaurd post with the minimum of effort.
espionate by Gumba Gumba April 12, 2004
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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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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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