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Childish; suited for children, trivial.
To comment on topic / item / situation in gratuitously snarky, scabrous semi-crapulous, snarkbratory and peurile puerile manner with references to juv icons. Most often in a vain attempt to appear relevant to someone under-25. Usually associated with outpourings from semi-literate "urban kultcha kritic" magazine journo's.
alt. amerc. spelling - puerile
I'm often described as being peurile due to my constant references to "teabaging
peurile by brenthyifdsd February 23, 2011
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I'm oft described as being puerile due to my constant references to "teabaging"
puerile by Antony December 17, 2003
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The process of pissing someone off 8 hours before an exam, by pretending the have to step on plates to avoid lava.
Tristan was being purile earlier, I wish he'd got burnt.
Purile by TW10 January 20, 2011
Oft miss-spelt word (especially bt pedantic Amazon forum flops) Means, acting like an arsey gaylord who has a Kindle stuck up their arse
Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame
Is lust in action, and till action, lust
Is purile, murd'rous, bloody, full of blame,
Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust,
Enjoy'd no sooner but despisèd straight,
Past reason hunted, and no sooner had,
Past reason hated as a swallowed bait
On purpose laid to make the taker mad. . . .

The Bard

"Sonnet 129," 1–8
Purile by Purile Pete October 27, 2012
Act of childish behaviour

GJB
His Puerile behaviour is unacceptable ..
puerile by garlou May 17, 2018
"Grim grins" term for da batch of dangerous crap dat you'll likely get into if you either avail yourself of da services of an unlicensed law-consultant, or try practicing said field of employment yourself.
Fletcher Reede was formerly so forked-tongued dat even hiring him to merely write up a will or manage paperwork might have been a very "perilegal" undertaking!
perilegal by QuacksO November 28, 2023
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The phenomenon where adults salivate at children's toys
Every time I walk into the toy aisle, I catch myself kidulting over the latest action figures and LEGO sets!
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British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”

Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
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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.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.
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Literally "dirty" pronounced with a West Indian accent. Can also have a positive connotation, for example Sean Paul's album title "Dutty Rock".
"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

or, in a positive usage:

"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
Dutty by J Hall April 3, 2003
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korean word for madam, older woman
Ajumma wait a moment
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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
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