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nugatory
A seemingly endless period of time when your older brother viciously rubs his knuckles back and forth across your head, which serves as a means for you atoning for some egregious action against him (e.g. embarassing him when he brought a girl home, borrowing his autographed baseball, telling your parents about his stash of girlie magazines).
nugatory by pseudonymous rex May 21, 2009
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" My nugatory is running low. I shouldn't of smoked that blunt last night"
"I need to restock my nugatory"
"I need to restock my nugatory"
Nugatory by steezeninja October 6, 2011
nugatory skeeze
nugatory skeeze by maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarkus February 24, 2007
negatory
"No" - traditionally used over a radio where the short word "no" could easily get lost in static. Radio operators (and people who heard them) have brought it into face to face language.
<trucker 1 over radio> Is my turn signal working?
<trucker 2> No.
<trucker 1> Say that again, you broke up.
<trucker 2> Negatory. It's not working.
<trucker 2> No.
<trucker 1> Say that again, you broke up.
<trucker 2> Negatory. It's not working.
negatory by genericface January 6, 2012
negatory ghost rider
negatory ghost rider by Timmy V. February 21, 2008
negatory
1) Trucker/Military Slang for No/None/Negative
2) Refers to anything which disagrees with a previous assumption/theory
2) Refers to anything which disagrees with a previous assumption/theory
1) "This is Carne Grande. I'm on Route 129 from Phoenix to Yuma. Any Smokies out there?" "Thats a big negatory, Carne. Looks like we got ourselves a convoy."
2) "Your argument that Spam is the best processed meat product is negatory to the statement released in October by the National Processed Meat Product Board."
2) "Your argument that Spam is the best processed meat product is negatory to the statement released in October by the National Processed Meat Product Board."
negatory by pythonspam May 13, 2004
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Frothability
The measure of an emotional and over zealous consumer in an upwardly charging market, also known as a bull market. It's characterized by rising asset prices, increased investor confidence, and favorable growth in the markets, bro.
The frothability was evident as over-zealous consumers eagerly engaged in bidding wars, driving property prices to unsustainable levels reminiscent of previous speculative bubbles.
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Soul digger
A man who dates women with the sole purpose of exploiting their time, energy, and labor while he sucks the joy and happiness from their lives.
"That guy's a soul digger. He'll expect you to work full time, but you'll be doing all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, and childcare while he plays video games or watches TV."
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pod person
A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.
pod person by Christopher M. May 9, 2005
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