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The henhouse 

A henhouse refers to Phil's house where only men go in through Phil's back door.
Justine: This party at the henhouse is gonna crack!

set the fox to guard the henhouse 

Putting somebody in charge of a job, when they have a conflict of interest. Often used to refer to industry "self-regulation" or to putting an industry insider on the board that regulates that industry, e.g., appointing an executive of Comcast as chairman of the FCC.

Can also refer to a similar problem in private industry, e.g., putting the manager of a failed project in charge of the investigation into why the project failed.
Mike Taylor has been appointed to head the Food Safety Working Group at the FDA. The President has set the fox to guard the henhouse.

Henhouse 

Richard's crib is the designation referred to as a henhouse where all the cocks (men) go through the back door to his house in order to attend a brodeo. where there's nothing but men, alcohol and video games till 4 am.
Jamie: Lets hit up the henhouse.
Phyllis: Bet. Ill bring the beer. This party is gonna crack.
Henhouse by BoyScoutsOfAmerica July 24, 2022

henhouse 

A place predominantly occupied by women. This could be a workplace, classroom, social event or any other public place where there is, by a wide margin, more women than men. The term henhouse is used because of the conspicuous absence of cocks (roosters–in this case, men).
This sociology class is a total henhouse, John and I are the only guys here.

Man, I hate working at Bath and Body Works--it's a total henhouse! There's nobody to talk football with at lunch.
henhouse by kadoodles January 15, 2020

henhouse 

Look at that!!! The henhouse is empty.. Where are the hens???
henhouse by amandinha9000 September 6, 2005

the fox is in the henhouse 

Ques -Hey, did you deliver it or what?
Answer- the Fox is in the henhouse
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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.

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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."
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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
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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
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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
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