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press-ganging

v. The act of forced conscription into the British navy. Used most commonly in the 19th century, as a means of crewing warships. Also known as "impressment", it was a royally sanctioned activity that started with King Edward I.

Since most men were reluctant to join the navy due to low pay and the requirement of lifetime service, groups of 'press-gangs' would go around pubs on the coast of Britain, kidnapping men and forcing them into lifetime service. Anyone found in possession of the "King's shilling" was thought to be a loyal subject, and thus a candidate for the royal navy.

The press-gangs would travel to various pubs, and drop shillings into the beer mugs of hapless victims. When the victim got to the bottom of their beer, they would find the king's shilling, and the press-gang waiting for them outside to drag them off. Fancier pubs invented the glass bottomed beer mug so that their patrons could see if there was a king's shilling in the bottom, and refuse the drink.

Press-ganging was one of the factors leading to the war of 1812. Press gangs would land on the coast of America and would "accidentally" press-gang American civilians into navy service. Over 6000 American men were kidnapped in this manner in the early 1800s.
Poor John Miller, he didn't come home - was probably a victim of press-ganging. I told him not to hang around the harbour!
press-ganging by Markus Darkus September 29, 2005

dopple ganging 

where two or more people constantly wear the same clothes
friend 1 : look at those girls, they’re all wearing the same coat

friend 2 : they’re dopple ganging
dopple ganging by bonkingjezuz January 9, 2021

Bang ganging 

A synonym for gang banging thats used to tell others that your in the game whom might try to incriminate you.
Officer were bang ganging ain't no gang activities here!
Pronounced ga-jing-er. It can mean whatever you want it to mean... but at the end of the day, a gaginger is a vagina, a gooch, a cooch, a poos, anything you can stick your finger in. Always there, always open and never lets you down !
I woke up this morning and I had a finger in my gaginger.
gaginger by akotts February 11, 2012

Ganking Zone 

A location in a jail where an inmate is easily jumped or killed by fellow inmates or guards without being noticed.
The warden's snitch got killed in the gankin zone and there were no whitnesses.

Lyrics from Eazy E's "Eazy Does It"

"The bitch was a trip cold hung up the phone, now my only phone call was in the ganking zone."
Ganking Zone by Def Dr. April 25, 2006

Lolly Gagging 

-verb
1.Procrastination in its fullest.

2.Purposely finding other things to do other than what you should be doing

-noun
1.Lolly Gagger-A person that procrastinates, sometimes so much that they forget that they had something to do in the first place
-Adding definitions to Urban Dictionary when you should be typing a paper

-Skipping work and/or school to do anything other than work or school

ex:
Christa: Hey Katrina! What you got up for today?

Katrina: Nothing much, about to watch this marathon of Lost.

Christa: I thought you had a midterm tomorrow?

Katrina: I do; I'm gonna study before class.

Christa: You Lolly Gagging!
Lolly Gagging by Ms. Awesomeness February 24, 2010
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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.
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Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
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