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A common 1980s-era mispronounciation of gigawatt, made infamous by Robert Zemeckis's "Back to the Future" trilogy.
"One point twenty one jiggawatts!"
jiggawatt by Ross M October 2, 2004

needs more jiggawatts 

A phrase from the film Back to the Future. It was used in the movie by the Doc to voice concern that something needs to be more powerful.

Today, we use the same phrase to explain that things need to be more powerful or better.
Jon: Dude, my MP3 player can't hold anymore songs. It's only 256MB.

Mike: Needs more jiggawatts.

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Sam: This computer is too slow.

Judy: Needs more jiggawatts.

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Mary: I bought a used Geo Metro. Needs more jiggawatts.

Beth: Hells yea.

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Sam: How do you like these wings? I made them extra spicy.

Tony: Needs more jiggawatts!

jiggawatts 

When a girls fat ass jiggles/ripples when she walks, twerks, gets slapped, etc.
john: "look at that girl walking"

tim: " damnnn, that girl got jiggawatts when she walks"
jiggawatts by Braeden.S December 15, 2019
Used to describe First Nations People mixed with Italian people in an offensive way. Commonly used by Canadians in Northern Ontario.
Those jigawaps are lazy but organized!
jigawap by FrEqOuT23 November 18, 2006
A word used to describe the jiggle of a females' buttocks.
"She ain't that fine bro."
Response: "Yeah, but she got that jiggawa tho."

"Jiggawa, jiggawa, jiggawa"
jiggawa by anonymous January 30, 2021
A form of Black power. The name is derived from the fusing of the words Jiggaboo (referring to a Black person, AKA a "nigger") and Gigawatt, which is a unit of power. A Jiggawatt is generally more powerful than a Gigawatt, because the speed of black is always faster. One may determine the Jiggawatt output by affixing an Ohmmeter or multimeter to the subject, prefferbly the nostrils and having them clench a fist.
When we hooked up to a multimeter to Malcolm X to get an estimate of how many Jiggawatt 's he was was putting out per speech; the meter went from "Oh hell no", all the way up to "Fo shizzle"
Jiggawatt by kmfdm665attak November 16, 2010
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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
In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.
"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."
Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020
Word of the Day on September 21, 2026
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