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exposition 

The exposition text is the text containing information or knowledge briefly, concisely, and clearly.
exposition, I love you as deeply as my house's bathtub.
exposition by itsnayR March 26, 2022

Exposition 

When someone is getting exposed, the exposition is the information being exposed.
Bro, *insert name* got exposed today. The exposition was that she slept with *insert name*.
Exposition by Joseph Mussolini April 21, 2019

exposition monkey 

A character in a story or play who is there not for his/her character development or role in the story, but solely for the purpose of providing exposition to the audience.
Any time two minor characters in a Shakespearean play have a conversation not about themselves, but about others. Examples are found in Macbeth (2.4, 3.6), where the exposition monkey is the Old Man (and sometimes Ross); Merchant of Venice (2.8, first half of 3.1), where the exposition monkey is Solanio, Salarino, and Salerio. Some television characters serve this function as well as being regular characters. For example, Donna Moss on The West Wing.
exposition monkey by Smushey February 10, 2013

Glorious Exposition Comrade 

A more classy version of "Cool story bro" usually used with Russian he-man picture for connotation.
person 1: Herp derp derp derpy herp de derp...

Person 2: *Weilding thumbs up* Glorious Exposition Comrade!

KING EXPLOSTION MURDER 

The great bakugo from my hero acadamia
Tyusu:BAKUGO

bakugo:GO DIE IN A HOLE FROG
tyusu:So....Bakugo means bitch and ur hero name KING EXPLOSTION MURDER means go die in a hole?

expository writing 

the process by which one reads about from many different sources, about twenty pages in length each, that have little to do with each other, analyze them and then combine them to find a uniform thesis; advanced bullshitting
oh man, expository writing at Rutgers blows!
these assignments in expository writing are completely ridiculous!
where am I going to use expository writing in real life? oh, right: NOWHERE!
expository writing by maelstr0m_X1 December 28, 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.

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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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