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heminate 

(v) To prematurely press enter on a Tweet before completing the sentence, most often resulting in other Twitter users finishing the sentence by retweeting. The coinage comes from journalist Mark Hemingway, who had prematurely pressed enter on a tweet starting "We."
I heminated and now everyone's retweeting the abbreviated sentence. Hopefully it doesn't wind up in urban dictionary.
heminate by philolojest October 31, 2011
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huminate 

To relate with other humans.
I've been so lonely that I need to huminate with other peeps.
huminate by Wendy W. December 22, 2010
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[Herminate] 

A term used when a person attempts to contact another person by a 3 pronged attack of email, phone and text message simultaneously.
[Herminate] by Sasha Guindi May 21, 2008

herminate 

It is a cross between a hermit and hibernation: This act tends to occur in the winter, usually in areas outside of cities and town centers. People who herminate can also be known as antisocial, or just plain weird.
My neighbor is herminating.
Q: Where’s Dave? A: He’s herminateing.
This winter I’ll probably just herminate.
herminate by Chuck J. B. March 23, 2008
The striver is an interesting phenomenon that is seen across college campuses. In essence, the striver is an over-achiever who comes from a working or middle class family. He may be an immigrant. He may have been a slacker in HS who was "born again" into an academic wunderkind. Or he may just be an over-achiever who is keeping at it.

The striver is willing to sacrifice his social life at the expense of Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. The striver is the guy who stays at the library long after you are gone. The striver is the guy who takes 30 credits/semester and considers anything below an A/4.0 failure. The striver doesn't work on campus, he is too busy finding ways to pad his resume instead of working retail or workstudy. The striver lets his grades pay his education by applying to ten scholarships a year.

The striver is a future Soros/Fullbright/Rhodes/Gates/Marshall/etc. fellow. The striver lives to study. For the striver, their fun comes from the rewards they expect to receive in return for their diligence. Be it Law School, B-School, academia, or politics. The striver seeks to find the American Dream through academic success.
Anthony was a striver. He transfered from a TTT to an IVY and graduated in 2 years. He studied his ass off and went to Penn Law. He got a Biglaw offer. But lost it all because of an unmoderated mesasgeboard.

Successful strivers:
- Barack Obama
- Harold Koh
Striver by URM Striver January 3, 2009
Word of the Day on August 15, 2026

SkyPesos 

Delta SkyMiles, also known as SkyPesos, is the frequent flyer program of Delta Airlines. It has a very poor value and hard to use.
- I'm trying to book an award flight to Paris, but I only have 70,000 SkyPesos
- Just forget about it, you don't have enough SkyPesos to fly anywhere.
SkyPesos by 404_name_not_found December 6, 2018
Word of the Day on August 14, 2026

Quiche Peanemis

Quirky niche peak cinema analysis
It describes the analysis of a media piece which is quirky and niche, yet peak.
Give me the quiche peanemis on the movie I missed.
Quiche Peanemis by Mushroom2241 June 17, 2026
Word of the Day on August 13, 2026