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Creative Reach Artistic Paradigm 

Also known as "Creative Reach Algrorithmic Paradigm", or "CRAP", it is the process of an artist progressively moving further away from their artwork. The concept was coined by Australian YouTuber Draw With Jazza
"I started using the Creative Reach Artistic Paradigm strategy to imorove my art skills, and it's really working."
"In order to successfully achieve the Creative Reach Artistic Paradigm, one should use a pole with a sharpie on the end of it"
"The CRAP is crap"
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(1) a prima donna paramedic with a "god complex" who thinks he/she is smart despite being an incompetent fool

(2) any paramedic who is more concerned with his ego than his patients, regardless of skill level or talent

(3) an otherwise competent paramedic who is an egomaniac
Paramedic Supervisor: "Bystanders complained that you sped onto the sidewalk with sirens blaring and nearly hit them..."

Paragod: "Uh..Hello!? Can we say EMERGENCY! The stupid bystanders didn't move fast enough!"

Paramedic Supervisor: "...but then you SLOWLY got out of the unit, fixed your hair and adjusted your shades, according to the complaint."

Paragod: "Hey, just calm down, okay? I run for no one. It's all BS until proven otherwise."

Paramedic Supervisor: "Why did you intubate this guy? He was just taking a nap on a park bench."

Paragod: "Look, I'm aggressive and I'm good. I go for the tube, and that's why my intubation skills are second to none."

Paramedic Supervisor: "You are an egotistical moron and a menace."
paragod by AlexFox February 16, 2008

Niggaz in Paradise 

An alcoholic beverage made using Jamacian rum, coke, and usually drunk using some sort of bright-pink straw that you stole from a convenient store.
AYO SHANIQUA!! MAKE ME DEM NIGGAZ IN PARADISE

Barbeesha likes to get white girl wasted off her favourite drink, niggaz in paradise.

Ka'Likatifrianiqua be spillin some niggaz in paradise in her weave!

Paragirl 

Paragirl, also known as Parafeminine or Parafemale is the feminine subset of paragender. Parafeminine people identify mostly as a girl, but also any gender/combination of genders. Paragirl is similar to demigirl, but it is more specific because with paragirl the girl part outweighs any other gender(s).The masculine equivalent of paragirl is paraboy. The non-binary equivalent is paragender or paranonbinary.
Brittany: I think i'm having trouble with my gender. I kind-of feel feminine but I also kinda like being non-binary.

Me: You might be like me, a Paragirl!
Paragirl by mon (she/they) May 11, 2021

vocational paradigm shift

Job loss / being fired.

(as made famous by How I Met Your Mother, on CBS)
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Ted: "Well, after he proposed a vocational paradigm shift, I made an impromptu presentation using a four-pronged approach that really brought him to his knees."

Barney: "You hit him with a chair?"

Ted: "Yep."

paragon til death 

To be the best of the best until death. If one is paragon, then they are the master of what they do, and nobody is going to pass them up, because everybody is a bitch compared to them. Therefore, paragon 'til death means to be a fucking G until you die. Popularized by Dragon Ball Z Abridged.
Goku: Hey look Vegeta, I'm you! Paragon til death!

Vegeta: You ruined it. You ruined it and I'm leaving.
paragon til death by bossmanbrent October 1, 2015
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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
Word of the Day on September 29, 2026
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
Word of the Day on September 28, 2026
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
Word of the Day on September 27, 2026

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

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."
Word of the Day on September 25, 2026
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
Word of the Day on September 24, 2026
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