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- Kyudo literally means “the Way of the Bow”. It is the Japanese martial art of archery
- Kyudo is often described as “standing meditation”. The student of Kyudo learns to control the breathing and the mind, not becoming oblivious to his surroundings, but rather becoming acutely aware of them. This teaches the practitioner to react calmly and resolutely to his environment.
All kyudo archers hold the bow in their left hand and draw the string with their right, so that all archers face the higher position (kamiza) while shooting
kyudo by quito March 31, 2015
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Derived from the Greek word "κῦδος", meaning "fame" and/or "glory". Used for awesomeness
Kudos for that last match, it was perfect
Kudos by Badjasss January 28, 2015
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Krudos Gary on the promotion, you are fucking sexy good at your job!

or

Sarah I guess Krudos are in order, you wrote that research paper like a prostitute doing a young boy, you both are helping people out.
Krudos by build57 October 6, 2010
To gain kudos is to earn respect and recognition.
kudos by Diego August 30, 2003

Kudo Shinichi 

Kudo Shinichi is a death magnet who 'One day, when he was at a theme park with his childhood sweetheart, Mouri Ran. He encountered some men in black involved in some shady business.' Being the noisy hot meitantei we all know him as, he followed and watch them trade guns with cash. Being extremely interested in the shade, he failed to notice the other man in black sneaking behind him and knocking him out with a stick/baseball bat/pole (depends on which movie/anime episode you were watching) and fell unconscious.

For some unknown reason, Gin was feeling weirdly kind and decided to feed him the pill that our favourite girl Miyano Shiho aka Sherry was working on at the time. So Shinichi swallowed it and guess what? He shrunk, into an identity he now currently use most often, Edogawa Conan.
A: He's such a Kudo Shinichi, no matter where he go something bad happens, like a murder or a robbery.
B: But he's so hot and smart and popular!
A: Exactly.
Kudo Shinichi by wiceace February 22, 2020

kudostorm 

The annoying flurry of congratulatory e-mails following some successful event. The kudostorm is exacerbated by people "replying to all" on a large distro list again and again.
After the successful network upgrade last night, there was a kudostorm all morning. 50 annoying e-mails all saying "great job guys" from people I don't even know, about an upgrade I didn't work on!
kudostorm by jasno September 30, 2007

You have already left kudos here 

When something is so freaking awesome that you can’t even find the right words to express it.

Originating on the fanfiction website Archive of Our Own/AO3, “You have already left kudos here. :)” is the message that appears when a registered user tries to leave an additional kudos on someone’s work, despite the one-kudos-per-work limit.
“This song?!? Is?!?? I have already left kudos here?!!???”

“When you try to leave kudos but you have already left kudos here”

“Aahafidjs this drawing is beautiful oml thank u, have I already left kudos here because,,,,,”
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trucker's tan 

A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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Every time I walk into the toy aisle, I catch myself kidulting over the latest action figures and LEGO sets!
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British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”

Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
According to the boffins downstairs, the murderer used a serrated blade.
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Pee Calculus

When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.
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Literally "dirty" pronounced with a West Indian accent. Can also have a positive connotation, for example Sean Paul's album title "Dutty Rock".
"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

or, in a positive usage:

"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
Dutty by J Hall April 3, 2003
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korean word for madam, older woman
Ajumma wait a moment
Ajumma by aintnotinbutnice July 5, 2009
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