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moving the goalposts

The act of redefining the conditions for victory or completion of a task, either when the original conditions for achieving them were met or whilst the person or group is busy working to achieve the current conditions, in order to prevent them from succeeding. Usually done with malice by a superior or peer looking to exclude or remove people from a group by portraying them as incompetent of not completing the task they keep altering.
When Jake was close to finishing his training, his supervisor who had always hated him started moving the goalposts by claiming that Jake needed four references of work experience instead of two in order to graduate, a condition that nobody else had to meet and with only one day left for the deadline. Jake didn't pass.
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goelp • Guelph • gelp • Goalpost • Grelp • gelphie • Gelping • Gelp Ke • gelp me • goalposting

Goalpost Shifter 

The worst type of Nintendo bootlicker who defends their multi-million dollar company when :
1. There's a criticism of Nintendo when they shut down fan stuff borrowing their IPs.
2. There's a criticism from fanboys of rival consoles.
3. They lose an argument, some of them start mocking their colloquist at this point.
Here we go there's a Goalpost Shifter under a Twitter post criticising Nintendo shutting down Youtubers who upload their OSTs.
Goalpost Shifter by Shiine-1 February 2, 2022
Refrence to someone who want to say 'help' but mispelled frequently;use by someone who react to shocking or funny content and missplled the word 'help'
"GELPPP THAT CAT IS SO SILLY "
Gelp by meihoe March 8, 2023

Gelp-Gorp 

An inanimate pair of words that are used as filler words or words to describe something. Can also be used on it's own as a single statement, used subjectively. Can also be used singularly as either Gelp or just Gorp.

Also can be Gelped/Gorped / Gelping/Gorping

Created by a moron, for morons.
Gelp-Gorp.

Can you please gelp gorp the gelp gorp.

Gelping gelp gorp Randy.
Gelp-Gorp by thdude21619 October 2, 2014
A guy with a big lip
That’s golp
golp by Zev jungjaroen December 29, 2018

University of Guelph 

One of the best comprehensive universities in Canada as rated by Macleans Magazine. People who attend this university are usually very calm, cool & collected, down-to-earth hippies, who love their marijuana. It's also a major party school, with wild keggers, and a very open downtown party scene. Downtown Guelph is often affectionately referred to as the G-Spot by the students who attend the university. Guelph is a total university town & students of the University are very friendly & easy to get on with.
Person 1: "Dude those people are so nice!"
Person 2: "yeah! they must be students at University of Guelph"

Person A: "Yo, I can't decide which university to go to! I wanna go where the air is fresh, education is good & people are levelheaded"
Person B: "Then you should definitely go to University of Guelph"
University of Guelph by toobaloodles December 14, 2010
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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
Word of the Day on September 26, 2026

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
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
Word of the Day on September 24, 2026
A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.
Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.
Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026
Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

murderhobo 

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021
Word of the Day on September 22, 2026
In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.
"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."
Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020
Word of the Day on September 21, 2026
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