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Lever up 

Financing a firm’s acquisition with a significant amount of debt. A firm typically issues term loans and junk bonds to drive IRRs for their private equity overlords (due to tax-deductibility of interest).

Outside of its native LBO context, to ‘lever up’ refers to the act of getting rekt and fully sending it.
Ex.1: “Blackstone is about to lever up that company’s balance sheet to 6.9x LTM Adj EBITDA. They’re underwriting to a 42.0% net IRR”

Ex.2: “Yo Tucker was levered up last night and stage dived from the DJ booth right into some chick’s VIP table. He then called the bouncer a back-office jabroni as he was dragged out”
Lever up by djdsol69 December 25, 2019
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A crucial moment where one hides their erect penis by tucking it beneath the elastic of their shorts, usually in an opportunistic fashion, in the unexpected anticipation of standing up.
After twenty minutes of watching Hannah dance, poor Jimmy could hear the taxi for the town centre as it pulled up outside. He was grateful that she went to answer the door, since it gave him the briefest of moments to lever-up before they headed off to The Commercial Hotel.
lever-up by sir_rushington March 19, 2017

level up 

To make a move in your life or career for the better.
I feel stale at this job, its time to level up.

I heard you got that record deal last week. Way to level up bro.
level up by Buffaunte February 11, 2006

level up 

When a player of a videogame has earned enough experience points to acquire a new level in a skill or skills. Often is accompanied by the ability to weild new weaponry, access new places, or begin new assignments.
A: Only 3K xp until I level up.
B: Nice!
level up by Hyenaste June 2, 2005

Level Up 

When you've made the next round of existence on this earth.
Also known as a birthday, anniversary, of other significant date that marks an individual's evolution.
Today is my birthday, another year around the Earth. I have made the next level up...
Level Up by Echo Nova July 18, 2022

Internet level up 

The art of using the Internet the way it was intended. That is, to improve yourself and max out your abilities, i.e. pack on muscle, learn how to give an orgasm, seduce, cook, martial arts become a ninja, etc. especially with sites like YouTube andVideojug, to become an expert/mastery of absolutely everything.

2. self-improvement to the point of epic badassery

3. the ability to learn things on the Internet thereby making teachers and every pain in the ass school subject obsolete.

4. Learning without the tyranny of teachers.
guy: I used to suck it absolutely everything but by learning it achieved intimate mastery on YouTube! thus achieving Internet level up.

Level Up 

To gain experience with a foreign language by conversing with people who are native speakers in their native tongue.
"Yo you see that Chinese guy over there."
"Yeah, why?"
"I'm about to go level up."
"Alright cool."
Level Up by wei shi February 10, 2018
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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.
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You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

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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?"
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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.
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