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breakdancing cat 

The breakdancing cat is a feline that breakdances. It is very important in most countries around the world, especially Uganda.
Person A: wth is the cat supposed to accomplish? huh? nothin', that's what
Person B: IT'S A BREAKDANCING CAT
Person A: oh shi- you're right.

Breakdancing 

a media term for bboying.
Bboying is a style of dance originated in the early 1970s in New York city and was mass published to the whole world in the movie "Flashdance" in 1983 which featured New York's hip-hop scene.

Bboying evolved from almost every dance, acrobatic and martial arts style such as: tap, jazz, capoeira, balkan, ballroom, folks style, shaolin kung-fu, circus, lindy hop, scottish, square and swing.

The word bboying itself, merged from the African word "boioing" which means to hop or jump, and what James Brown called the boys who hop in dance circles to the breaks of his song; "bboys."

Bboying is one of the 4 elements of the hip-hop culture.
It includes:

Tops and uprocks
Footworks
Drops
Spins
Mills
Flares
Airtracks
Freezes
Kicks
Flips
Swipes
Floats
Chairs
Hops
Flexibiles
and many more to be discovered....
Some of today's world bboying/breakdancing crews:
HaviKORO
Headhunterz
Rock Steady crew
KnuckleheadZOO
Circus Runaways
Freakshow
Vicious Germz
Jive Turkeys
Massive Monkeez
Pockemon
Wanted
Vagabonds
Rock Force crew
Natural Effects
Terror Bunch
La Smala
SpinKingz
Last 4 one
Obowang
Gamblers
Rivers
Drifterz
TNA
Masters of Mayhem
Flexible flaves
Easystep
Xtreeme
Phase T
Ichigeki
LA Breakers
Brickheadz
Zulu Kingz
Style Crax
King size
Dawn squad
Afrojazz
Primates
and many more...
Breakdancing by cygnuz September 30, 2005

Canadian breakdancing

The act of slipping on ice and saving it repeatedly
Dude 1: *slips*
Dude 2: "haha nice one bro"
random canadian dude: "nice moves eh"
Dude 2: "canadian breakdancing"

breakdancing 

also known as b-boying, the main aspect of the dance element of hip-hop, ahead of popping, locking, crumping etc. A dance created by afro-americans that evolved from popping and locking, which involves style, smoothness, strength and self-control. There are 2 aspects, style which is dependant on your own personal dancing style, consisting of toprock, footwork,, the way you transition moves and of course random disses towards opponents during battle. Power consists of the moves the public wants to see, spinning on heads, windmills, hopping around on one arm such as the hand hop or jackhammer etc. Current pioneers and present time legends include Kujo from the USA and B-boy Junior from France.
*starts off with a toprock which is immensely lame, goes for a sweep but makes a poor landing, reaks out into basic footwork including 6 and 4 step, before attempting a swipe on falling on ass* WOOO! I'M GOOD! OK, maybe I need some practice, dammit....
breakdancing by Amputationz January 24, 2005

breakdancing 

the term "breakdancing" or 'breakdancer' was coined by the media in the late 80's as the dance became highly commercialised from more people getting involved in the hip-hop scene.

b-boys were getting alot of exposure in movies, commercials and were often seen dancing on the streets. People were amazed by the breath-taking maneuvers that a breaker would preform eg. flips, headspins, backspins, windmills, flares etc...

Very soon the public wanted to do 'them cool tricks that spin and stuff' to please the crowd. Therefor only learning the 'power' moves that a b-boy preforms and not learning the fundamentals of b-boying such as toprock, footwork and freezes.

breakdancers are usually looked down apon on the b-boying community as true b-boys break because they love dancing not to gain attention from a crowd.
"Yo! lets go and learn some of those cool spins that we saw on that RUN DMC clip! Yo! i be like the illest at breakdancing and pull all the hoes and shiznit!"
breakdancing by enveoner September 25, 2005

breakdancing 

hybrid between house/acrobatics/hip-hop dance; style of dance that takes much practice and skill; style of dance that losers hwo stand around make fun of because they can't touch their toes
-Hey, where did you get them abs from? You used to be kinda fat.
-Breakdancing mostly.
breakdancing by MickeyChickey October 4, 2003
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trucker's tan 

A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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The phenomenon where adults salivate at children's toys
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kidulting by Emotional Cruiser October 12, 2025
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Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
According to the boffins downstairs, the murderer used a serrated blade.
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Pee Calculus

When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.
Pee Calculus by anorlondo October 1, 2026
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Literally "dirty" pronounced with a West Indian accent. Can also have a positive connotation, for example Sean Paul's album title "Dutty Rock".
"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

or, in a positive usage:

"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
Dutty by J Hall April 3, 2003
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korean word for madam, older woman
Ajumma wait a moment
Ajumma by aintnotinbutnice July 5, 2009
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