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Grayscale syndrome 

The phenomena that occurs in infomercials where the video becomes black and white and the simplest tasks are impossible without the product being sold in said infomercial
Vince from Shamwow: Its not possible to wipe up a spill you just spread it around and everything goes black and white thats why you need shamwow.
Me: Thanks to grayscale syndrome they'll sell a million sham wows
Grayscale syndrome by Homgen4 January 30, 2009
a large intestinal wind that is excreted accidentally when the body is put under extreme pressure to not expel the designated wind. As there is immense pressure prior to wind, follow through is a frequent side effect.

This pressure is due to the host not wanting to expel the wind as they are in a social environment and want to avoid embarrassing name - calling and such.

Usually it is a prolonged muffled sound that is emitted from the pants region of the individual
Jess' face went a bit funny and then there was a muffled sound coming from her direction

Must have been a grecale
Grecale by Brain Implosion November 2, 2011

grayscale 

Characterizing a pessimistic or depressed attitude, hence having the color/life sucked out of it.
Person 1: "We're all doomed..."
Person 2: "That's a rather grayscale outlook of the world."
grayscale by SarahO. September 7, 2005

Grayscaped 

The coolest twitch streamer.
Person 1: “Grayscaped is cool lmao”
Person 2: “yeah”
Grayscaped by StarsArray August 7, 2021

Greystanes 

A suburb located 29km's west of the Sydney CBD. Locals like to refer to it as 'The G' as an attempt to make it sound a cool and hip place to reside/hang out but everyone else in sydney knows that Greystanes is literally the worst suburb in sydney.

The locals have bad reputations for stealing cabs from other commuters in the Kings Cross area and verbally abusing anyone who is either

a) not from 'The G'

or

b) speaks ill of 'The G'.

Locals generally have terrible dress sense and enjoy wearing horrific and mismatched accessories such as old school suspenders with cheap jeans and polyester shirts.
This place is worse than greystanes
Greystanes by Greystane Local December 12, 2011
Prettiest girl in the whole world and is an absolute fashion/style queen
Greysca is a literal queen
greysca by thatgirlserenityy November 28, 2021
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fauxstalgia 

Faux nostalgia. Faking old things in an attempt to recapture the feeling of times gone past, especially of technology that has passed.
Hipstamatic pictures, just like the vinyl-static added to digital recordings, is prime fauxstalgia
fauxstalgia by scotte61 December 16, 2010
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pajama casual 

Pajama casual is a term used when working from home and preparing for a video conference. All business above the waist and your pajama pants down below.
We have a Zoom meeting in a few minutes and I’ll probably go pajama casual.
pajama casual by jrod-knows March 31, 2020
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funflation 

The recent boom in consumer spending on entertainment and experiences with a high demand running up the cost of enjoying of those experiences.
I’m trying to go to this Taylor Swift concert but the funflation has made it so impossible for me to afford tickets.
funflation by Dfree523 November 17, 2023
Word of the Day on October 13, 2026
A US deep south term for an alligator. Usually used in the Cajun dialect.
Take the big pirogue, I saw a huge swamp dog out there earlier.
swamp dog by Crystal Ambrose May 22, 2006
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Throat Sweats 

The feeling and build up in your mouth/throat of saliva that sometimes accompanies nausea.
Oh man those burritos gave me the throat sweats, I hope I don’t have food poisoning.
Throat Sweats by TacoFings420 April 23, 2024
Word of the Day on October 11, 2026
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
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