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luftwaft 

The floating odor found on an airplane, typically the odor emanating from the lavatories shortly after the dinner course served on a long flight.

Origin:
German: Luft, air (from Middle High German, from Old High German) + Waft
Kevin: I don't like sitting in the last five rows of the airplane.
Chris: Why not?
Kevin: The luftwaftage from the toilets can get pretty bad.
luftwaft by brown_ct January 18, 2009
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Luftmensch

(from German/Yiddish: "air person", "human being in the air" - plural, where it exists, is Luftmenschen). The opposite of a materialist, may be the opposite of an achiever too. Someone whose strengths and pursuits are non-practical (may indeed be helplessly handless), not related to any sort of business or worldly gain. May be a shlemihl, may be a useless sort of geek. Is very likely to have an interest in things of the intellect and/or the spirit, art, music and philosophy. May at best be a source of knowledge and wisdom for others, even if an exasperation to those closest to him/her, and indeed himself/herself. For sociological reasons, usually male.
If your head is often in the clouds, and you don't even think you can live on air, you are probably a Luftmensch.

A Luftmensch is a good friend for holistic, unbiased and unpushy advice, and useless as a breadwinner.
Luftmensch by purple_people_eater October 8, 2008

chatte luft 

Is Norwegian slang word for talking bullshit. It's used by immigrants who talks kebabnorsk and is very common to hear at the east side of Oslo. "Chatte luft" directly translated to english is to chat air.
Norwegian:
Person 1 "Hør'a brur, jeg skal dunke så mange mæber i kveld wallah?"
Person 2 "hva mæber mann? du chatte luft"

English
Person 1 "Listen bro, I'm going to fuck so many bitches tonight, i swear"
Person 2 " What bitches man? you talkin bullshit"
chatte luft by Kusemannenslikkerkoss December 13, 2015

99 Luftballoons 

noun; A smash hit created by the band Nena. Popular in the 80's and in Germany. Translated as 99 Red Ballons.
"My favorite song is 99 Luftballoons!"
99 Luftballoons by flclimax1 January 15, 2008

luftwaffe 

Luftwaffe is the german word for "air force", literary translated it means "air weapon". The Luftwaffe was the german air force during WWII. The modern german Air force is still under the name of Luftwaffe, unlike the army which switched from "Wehrmacht" to "Bundeswehr" (Federal Army).
Dude 1: Luftwaffe? What the hell is that a type of food?
Dude 2: Nein, scheiße Kopf. Sie ist das "Air force" von Deutschland.
Dude 1: What?
luftwaffe by Der Neger May 3, 2005

luftwaffles 

1. An elite Nazi air force whose aircraft were built entirely from waffles.

2. Another way to say "rofl".
Lights out! The Luftwaffles are coming!
luftwaffles by Raptor007 May 12, 2008
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NYC people who migrate north to Quahog, RI to see the leaves in the fall.
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leafers by ss++ February 8, 2005
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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
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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."
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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?"
crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007
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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
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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.
murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021
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