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grammando 

One who is particularly particular about the accuracy of grammar, punctuation and syntax.
Tony:"At the end of a sentence, should I use a single space or two?"
James:"I heard people are now using just one."
Chris:"What?? That's crazy, I was taught it was ALWAYS two!!"
Muffy:"Dude, just ask my professional writer/columnist/blogger friend Mandy, she's a total grammando, so she should know."
grammando by moreflare January 15, 2013
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gramander 

The couple of Percival Graves and Newt Scamander from the movie(s) Fantastic beasts and where to find then. The ship is wildly beloved and drawn by artists.

It great and totally better then Cindis otp!
Gramander is the best ship ever deal with it.
When you totally stop coloring your hair and let it grow in full gray.
Bridgette is going full graymando and not coloring her hair anymore.
graymando by EasyE! April 11, 2023

grammando 

A person who likes to correct other people’s grammar and judge them by it.
(this definition taken from a book review on bookriot.com)
An obvious portmanteau of "grammar" AND "commando."
Someone like Sheldon, of The Big Bang Theory, who is constantly on the alert for
any opportunity to find a flaw in one's presentation of data/information and then
bombastically inform one (and anyone else within earshot) of that flaw,
right down to the tiniest misplaced comma or improper verb tense.
Being an internal monologue grammando while reading or watching TV is fine, so long
as it's just for your own amusement/improvement, but engaging your outer grammando
during an author's book reading is likely to see you educated with a LART

(Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool) by that author one of his/her/its fans.
Sports trash talk would not be improved if it was refereed by a grammando stopping the proceedings to remind
us that correct expression would be "Eat shit THEN die!"
grammando by OzoneBoy April 19, 2024

Eternity leave 

When some resigns or retires from a job, they are on "eternity leave". This can also refer to someone who has passed away, especially someone who worked somewhere for a long time, retired/resigned, then passed away later.
Oh I'm sorry, you didn't know that Kelly is on eternity leave? She resigned and moved to Hawaii!

With regrets I would like to inform you that my boss is officially on eternity leave. I will never see or hear them again. Ever.
Eternity leave by LingDanc803 February 7, 2023
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The hypothetical man (often a sinister character who decided not to go to boot camp) that is doing your girlfriend/wife while you are on deployment overseas.
Ain't no use in goin home,
Jody's got your girl and gone.
Ain't no use in goin back,
Jody's got your Cadillac,
Ain't no use in feeling blue,
Jody's took your checkbook too.
jody by Sgt Apan March 31, 2006
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