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Keeping some features that are associated with its youthful state, even while the animal itself has reached its mature state. This term is often used to describe the ability of some animals to reach sexual maturity while still larvae.

It also applies to our modern obsession with hairlessness, big eyes, and youthful clothing.
One might think that girls in school uniforms would be a turn off, but they have a certain neotonous appeal.

neotonous by Whirr April 9, 2008
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Nermonous 

The act of being anxious while simultaneously being nervous.
I was racing while suddenly, I was clipped and a nermonous feeling erupted as I battle to regain control.
Nermonous by MasterMind2k8 December 15, 2011
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in human race, it’s when you look like a baby. Neotenous are often Asians.
Taehyung is a neotenous
neotenous by uwujia November 25, 2018

Nomotonous

Getting bored of having a certain food too much.
"I love Oreos too but when you eat them five times a day they can get nomotonous"
Nomotonous by lepetitprince September 26, 2013

Neckonousnamous 

Those names that JACKASS parents think are edgy and cool and put that evil upon their child
Neckonousnamous
This parent was a real Necknonousnamous after they named their kid something stupid like:

Lobster
North
West

Julian
Blade
Diesel
Zebulon
Neckonousnamous by Gr8whytebufallo February 21, 2020
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
Word of the Day on June 26, 2026

Nerd neck 

A "human" that spends so much time playing video games that their posture is level nerd neck. Everytime anyone goes tryhard they hunch down and their neck gets longer there fore a nerd neck is always hunched down cause they're always going try hard. In other words a nerd neck is a try hard, since their neck is 100% longer than the average human being due to playing too many video games and taking them serious, nerd necks are not even considered human anymore but something more sad. Nerd necks are often found on fortnite, their natural habitat usually being tilted towers.
What a fucking nerd neck!

He is building so fast, nerd neck!

Looser more like a nerd neck ha!
Nerd neck by D Sandwich Maker February 5, 2019
Word of the Day on June 25, 2026