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Particular Set of Skills 

Characteristics and or talents which make one a nightmare for certain individuals to be named prior to acquisition of said skills.
Get a particular set of skills that make you a nightmare for people like him; find this man and kill him.

Particularisms

Seemingly insignificant things that must be done in a particular way (aka mild ocd)

This word was made by YouTuber Moriah Elizabeth
I need to satisfy all of my particularisms

nowhere in particular 

phrase derived from author James Howard Kunstler's influential work 'The Geography Of Nowhere' which, like similar tomes with a social conscience (e.g., 'Fast Food Nation', 'Bowling Alone', et al), challenged Americans to reassess the plight of their urban/suburban landscapes, especially since the end of World War Two. What Kunstler found was a terrain blighted by shopping and strip malls, fast food restaurants, twelve lane super highways, shoddily constructed business and residential developments or what he referred to as 'cartoon architecture'.
Bill : say Tom, where are you living these days ?
Tom : oh, out on 197th Mile Rd. in Paradise County, just east of the Rolling Meadows gated community, adjacent to a Chuckie Cheese's and Major Magic's Pizza Revue, in between the 467th and 468th exit and on ramps to the eighteen lane Interstate, right behind the Wonderland strip mall, right next to a nature band-aid consisting of wood chips and one-foot tall shrubs.
Bill : Wow. In other words, nowhere in particular.
Tom : That's right ! Ain't this country great !

particular individual 

The words cops use for "person" when they are trying to sound smart.
This particular individual that I pulled over was driving under the influence of several controlled substances.
particular individual by s4vr0 July 19, 2017

particularly troubled personality 

A whack job nutcase who goes on a murderous rampage for any number of reasons, including but not limited to mental instability, political/ideological disputes, delusional government conspiracy theories, or personal socio-economic woes.

As defined by Pima County, AZ Sheriff Clarence Dupnik on msnbc.
That fuckin' whack-job Jared Loughner who shot AZ Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and 18 others is a prime example of a particularly troubled personality.

My boat does not shake in your particular direction 

Disagreeing with something. Created by the BBC's Sherlock fandom. Usually used when talking about slash and/or Benedict Cumberbach and Martin Freeman's love of one another.
Friend: I don't believe in shipping John and Sherlock under any circumstances.

Me: My boat does not shake in your particular direction. We (the fandom) will ship them hard, and slashily. THE PURPLE SHIRT OF SEX FOREVER!
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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.
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"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

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"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
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