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Live long and prosper

Originally a jewish saying which was commandeered by the famous television series "Star Trek" when jewish actor Leonard Nimoy used it as the Vulcan salute. It's now used as way for us nerds and sci-fi lovers to say goodbye in a different, more permanent way.
Friend moving away to another country - "i'm gonna miss you, man". Nerd - "Live long and prosper"
Live long and prosper by Thanos214 January 12, 2021

Live long and prosper

He doesn't tell you how to accomplish that, though.
Leonard Nimoy was famous for saying, "Live long and prosper." He himself seems to have accomplished that thanks to his good looks and pleasant personality, but I wish he would have explained to all of us about how to do it ourselves.
Live long and prosper by QuacksO October 12, 2018

the live long and prosper 

2 in the pink, 2 in the stink
I gave that chick the live long and prosper
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
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Add a tablespoon of jarlic to two teaspoons of butter and spread it in bread to make garlic bread
Jarlic by YSAC fanboy June 6, 2020
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An armpit enthusiast — typically of the scent, appearance, and touch of hairy underarms.
That dude’s such a pitpig, I have to wear deodorant to keep him at bay.
Pitpig by wimbledon May 28, 2026
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