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peacocking

Peacocking means dressing for attention. Just like Peacock's use their feathers to get a mate.
Peacocking is meant to make opening a girl easier, but if you're not congruent with your look (like, if you look like you're gay and you try to hit on a girl), wires are gonna get crossed somewhere and you're gonna blow yourself out.
peacocking by The Light September 14, 2008

moral peacocking

When a person is OUTRAGED on social media so that their friends will think they're a good person. Moral peacocks are famous for spreading fake memes because they don't actually read the news or care IRL.
If you really cared about the Middle East, you'd *know* the American news already reported that attack. Stop moral peacocking!
moral peacocking by NottaWacko July 13, 2016

Peacocking

The act of a male politician waving his tiny dick around in order to grab the attention of his orange neon god.
By filing the failed lawsuit against Vice-president Pence, Senator Josh Hawley was shaking his feathers and peacocking for the lame duck loser president.
Peacocking by Bugszy January 2, 2021

Workplace Peacocking 

When an employee tries to kiss ass with their amazing bullshit – or – bombard with non-sense repeatable quotes, to look good for management, in the work place
Jason walks into his manager’s office every day, workplace peacocking, in order to show his boss how good he is, with his great bullshit quotes.

Peacocking it

1. Strutting yourself in a peacock manner 2. being very cocky and acting as though you know it all 3. Essentially acting like a fool 4. Extensive amounts of arrogance
Worker 1: I know everything there is to this project.

Worker 2: Well if we simplified it using this method....
Worker 1: We are doing it my way.

{Mess ensues and the the workers have to clean it}

Worker 2: If you hadn't been PEACOCKING IT we wouldn't have had this mess.
Peacocking it by Critchfield April 12, 2014

Peacocking

Peacocking is the action or actions exhibited in the beginning stages of courting. These actions are typically only temporary and exist during "the chase" of a mate. Much like a male peacock displaying his fruitful colors of his feathers to capture the attention of a mate.
For example, Bob, while dating Jane, paid for dinner, brought her flowers & candy, won prizes for her. However, after confirmation of a mutual relationship (boyfriend/girlfriend) all actions taken to impress Jane are now gone. Ergo, Bob was peacocking. courting dating
Peacocking by Sammie27 November 7, 2011
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funflation 

The recent boom in consumer spending on entertainment and experiences with a high demand running up the cost of enjoying of those experiences.
I’m trying to go to this Taylor Swift concert but the funflation has made it so impossible for me to afford tickets.
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Take the big pirogue, I saw a huge swamp dog out there earlier.
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Throat Sweats 

The feeling and build up in your mouth/throat of saliva that sometimes accompanies nausea.
Oh man those burritos gave me the throat sweats, I hope I don’t have food poisoning.
Throat Sweats by TacoFings420 April 23, 2024
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Being ignored by someone when making a statement or asking a question. Also known as blanked and turfed.
Person 1: Did u watch ** last nite?
Person 2:......
Person 3: O no u got aired!
aired by Pietro February 9, 2005
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piddlefart

verb. To waste time doing nothing.
Instead of doing my homework, I decided to piddlefart around for two hours.
piddlefart by Rene April 25, 2005
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anyone who succeeds in disgracing/over indulging themselves in the throws of clubland
28 hours and 4 clubs later, gurning for england but still refusing to go home - a total wrongun!!
wrongun by bevvers March 21, 2007
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