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contemptibly small, meager, or slight
They paid me a measly fifteen dollars for a day's work.
measly by melher27 February 25, 2011
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Measly Heads 

The opposite of ode heads, When there is a small amount of people in a location.
Yo there's measly heads in here!
Measly Heads by B3llaa February 3, 2021

measly bee 

A hybrid between an early bird and a night owl.
Are you more of an early bird or a night owl? I am a measly bee-which is a bit of both.
measly bee by ajhtm2012 May 29, 2014

Pubic Measles 

Contagious disease of the lower pubic regions first discovered in Glenjamin Willybobble
Cause:
Chronic insane anal pounding – with various kitchen utilities (most frequently a whisk inside a blender)
Being from Blackpool and surrounding areas
Bending over in Cemetery Junction Public Toilets with loose morals
Symptoms include:
Irrational and sustained itching of the scrotum and meatus
Constant need for sexual relief – usually resulting in chronic masturbation until pustules burst
Disgusting groinal aroma followed by an inability to follow conversation and stating the obvious and implied
Glen was happy until his crotch fell off - and sniffed that he had pubic measles
Mike was worried and horny and slightly hungry but mostly tired, so he went home
Pubic Measles by Sid Johnson February 5, 2009
The frequently deadly disease that anti-vaxxers are willing to expose their children to out of an unfounded fear of autism. Can cause blindness, sterility, heart damage and life long complications, but hey, its better dead than slightly non-neurotypical.

See also whooping cough.
"Madison and Skyler have the measles, why don't you bring your kids over and get it over with! Better hurry though, Skyler's starting to smell pretty bad and has been sleeping for three days. Guess those MMS enemas are really helping him detox!"
Measles by KimmieKoi October 24, 2018

mealy mouth 

Timid and frail of action to the point of being highly irritating. Lacking in action. No back-bone. Passive. Submissive. Perceived as a "sweet" person. A term mostly applied to women (by other women) who will neither engage in straight conversation nor take action.
The character of Melanie (Hamilton) Wilkes in the old movie Gone With The Wind. As Scarlett would say, "That mealy mouth Melanie...."
mealy mouth by BBS June 29, 2006
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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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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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Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
After we broke up, he was floxi to me.
floxi by Dr. Geek May 13, 2009
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