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Man down 

The appropriate phrase to use in battle which means that a soldier in your group is lying on the ground. This has been twisted into Caribbean slang to signify the same thing in context but with literal meaning and sometimes physical. Usually as an answer or response to a situation where a person doesn’t overcome the obstacle in it’s path
Guy1: Wha you geh do on tha test brudda?
Guy2:*Hand Gesture* MAN DOWN!

Scene: A gang of dudes chilling outside talking Shit when somebody happens to fall in a humorous but serious manner,
Someone yells: MAN DOWN!
Similar to the word TEK OUT
Man down by Kyle Warrican November 26, 2003

MAN DOWN!! 

Whenever You Get Some You Yell MAN DOWN! So that Your Room Mates Can Hear You. Or You Can Post It On A Social Network Such as FACEBOOK Or TWITTER.

Origination- Santa Maria, California.
Status:MAN DOWN!!

Comment:Thats My Dogg
Comment:Was It That Gummy You Were With Earlier?
Comment:Get Some!!
Comment:SMASH AND DASH
MAN DOWN!! by Nephew! March 4, 2011
(verb) Throwing something to the floor, and yelling 'man-down!' to alert everyone below of the falling object.
Hope man-down'd everything in her bunk when she was schwasted last night.
Man-Down by cannuhhduhh April 27, 2009

Man down 

The opposite of "Man up." To shy away from one's manly responsibilities.
Like the time, when you were supposed to pick up the beer for the game, and instead you spent the morning at Bed Bath & Beyond with your fiancee, and when you got to your buddy's apartment for the game they had pizza but no beer, and everyone said, "Dude, you really went man down on this one. How's about you man up and go get the beer?"
Man down by Poe Toaster September 24, 2013

Man Down 

A state of being usually achieved though consumption of large amounts of alcohol, although this is not always the case if the victim is piss weak. Symptomes include but are not limited to: excessive vomitting, unintelligle and or severly slurred speach, limited vision, negligable hand eye co-ordination and an unquencable desire to hug the ground or...."go to sleep"
Look out, Dug is going "Man Down" he's just punched that table of empty liqour bottles and is now face down in the dirt, covered in blood and semen.
Man Down by Brent and Ben January 30, 2005

man down 

The opposite of man up. To be a pussy and not have fun.
make: Is Will going to man up and call that girl and hang out with us?
gancho: Nah. He's going to man down.
make: What a pussy.
man down by makevedo January 6, 2008
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"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

or, in a positive usage:

"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"



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Slop Grenade

When someone uses AI to generate a large document, slide deck, or piece of code/software and tosses it over the fence for you to deal with.
Chad: Hey Brent I sent you the new backend API change to review, it’s only 100 files changed.

Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
Slop Grenade by Joe Squid September 28, 2026
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After we broke up, he was floxi to me.
floxi by Dr. Geek May 13, 2009
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NYC people who migrate north to Quahog, RI to see the leaves in the fall.
New York and everyone from there can fornicate themselves with an iron stick.
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
Word of the Day on September 26, 2026
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