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This is a term first used by Nick from Nick's strength and power in late 2020. This refers to the lighting which is used by bodybuilders and gym goers when they take selfies and trying to show off their physics. This lighting along with the camera angle often make people look more muscular and shredded and it is not a real reflection of what their body looks in real life.
He is looking shredded under the goonlight
goonlight by Freddie Sz November 22, 2020
Word of the Day on June 12, 2025

Gasplighting 

When you are dying of Covid, but you want to convince people that you are as healthy as you were 20 years ago.
President Trump was gasplighting the nation with his manly stamina and indomitable immune system via an onslaught of self-indulgent, faux-patriotic, poorly edited propaganda, but all anyone noticed was him struggling to breathe.
Gasplighting by Bogrimm October 5, 2020
The Goonlight is the optimal lighting used by bodybuilders to enhance the appearance of their physiques. This is often top-down lighting, casting shadows in a way that enhances the appearance of muscular definition. This term was first used by "Hey guys, it's Nick from Nick's Strength and Power and I have a COUPLE of interesting stories for you today."
Larry Wheels set a new PR and looks shredded under the Goonlight.
Nick was dancing in the Goonlight.

gotalight 

Said fast, it's the combination of the three words "got a light". The phrase is said as a pickup line by women or by a person that needs a lighter.
Girl : Hey baby....gotalight? (Cigarette hanging from her mouth)
gotalight by JoeyBomm April 27, 2020

Holly Golightly Philosophy 

The idea that a woman should not wear diamonds before the age of forty. Based on Holly Golightly's motto in Breakfast at Tiffany's, played by Audrey Hepburn.
girl #1: Check out those diamonds! You should get them, you just got your sweet sixteen B-Day money!
girl #2: No way, I live by the Holly Golightly Philosophy.

GuyLights 

a man (not necessarily gay, but in most cases, yes) who dyes his hair blonde
Guy1: Did you see that guy over there?

Guy2: Yeah, he had GuyLights. So gay. (Assumption)
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Being ignored by someone when making a statement or asking a question. Also known as blanked and turfed.
Person 1: Did u watch ** last nite?
Person 2:......
Person 3: O no u got aired!
aired by Pietro February 9, 2005
Word of the Day on October 10, 2026

piddlefart

Instead of doing my homework, I decided to piddlefart around for two hours.
piddlefart by Rene April 25, 2005
Word of the Day on October 9, 2026
anyone who succeeds in disgracing/over indulging themselves in the throws of clubland
28 hours and 4 clubs later, gurning for england but still refusing to go home - a total wrongun!!
wrongun by bevvers March 21, 2007
Word of the Day on October 8, 2026

square grouper

Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
square grouper by slipsheet November 6, 2004
Word of the Day on October 7, 2026
A girl who does ballet and only talks about ballet. Her schedule is filled with dance classes which does not allow her to do any other activity.
"Hey, do you know that girl Sally?"

"Yeah, she's kind of annoying. All she ever talks about it ballet."

"Wow, what a Bunhead."

"Hey Sally, you want to hang out this weekend?"
"I can't, I have dance."
"You're such a Bunhead."

"Yeah... I know."
Bunhead by Jen00 October 24, 2014
Word of the Day on October 6, 2026

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.
Word of the Day on October 5, 2026
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