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heterotrophic 

An organism that depends on consuming other autotrophic organisms to survive
Humans are heterotrophic, whereas plants are autotrophic.
heterotrophic by Ilan321 November 18, 2013

Heteroceraphagi 

A person who collects moths and then eats them. Could also refer to any other moth eating creature, but sounds cooler when used as a descripto-derogatory term.
Hassan: Hey, look at this beautiful moth that landed in front of my door.
Abeer: Omg Omg, dude, I collect moths. Can you give this to me?
Idris: Hassan, don't give it to her, she's a heteroceraphagi
Heteroceraphagi by IdricoBanderas November 26, 2013

heterotrophic guilt 

The realization that no matter which diet you follow, you're still eating organisms that were alive at one point, and we have murdered them for our own benefit.
Apparently plants can think and remember? We're killing sentient beings! Crap! Dude, I'm feeling all kinds of heterotrophic guilt right now.
heterotrophic guilt by MacBabe September 11, 2014

heterography 

the use of different letters or a group of letters to represent the same sound(s). Some of the examples of heterography are: sEw and sOw, bEAt and bEEt and rOUgh and rUff.
Heterography differs from homography (= use of the same spellings for words that have different meanings).
heterography by uttam maharjan December 1, 2010

heirographics 

Texts composed of ideograms, especially emojis.
It isn't possible to cut/paste a good example in this text box, but I can describe one (which, by the way, doesn't involve any particular language, but I defaulted to English below). To send birthday greetings in simple "heirographics," I use variations on this series of emojis: Partying face / champagne / birthday cake / hourglass / pistol aimed at hourglass .
heirographics by Hume's Daughter December 1, 2019
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NYC people who migrate north to Quahog, RI to see the leaves in the fall.
New York and everyone from there can fornicate themselves with an iron stick.
leafers by ss++ February 8, 2005
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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.

After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.
Respectfully by john quan the first December 20, 2020
Word of the Day on September 26, 2026

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."
Word of the Day on September 25, 2026
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
Word of the Day on September 24, 2026
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
Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

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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