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highscraper 

A Highscraper is a structure usually a building that is not quite high enough to "scrape the sky", thus disallowing deeming it a skyscraper. The prestige of a Highscraper comes from the material in which it is constructed. High scrapers use materials which are uncommonly used for high structures making them stand out from the common concrete and steel skyscrapers. timber high scrapers are becoming more common place with more sophisticated engineered timber and the employment of fire engineering. "

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"it's refreshing to see a more human scale highscraper among the skyscrapers"

"highscrapers have a long way to come but they have so much potential with the pre-cursing steel and concrete skyscrapers"
highscraper by jaffy hunter June 12, 2015
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Thighscraper 

A derogatory term referring to the size of an obese person's thighs, the close proximity of which causes them to scrape together as they walk.
Bro 1: Hey bro did you see that disgusting thighscraper down the street? Christ, it's depressing to know such an obese person exists. Can't they just stop eating? I mean, like, fuck.

Bro 2: I know bro those thighs were scraping together like nobody's business. Merely existing must cause a serious rash to those thighs bro.
Thighscraper by fielding88 July 28, 2011
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