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precycled goods 

Empty boxes/bags/bottles that are used as trash receptacles before you actually throw them away, rather than waiting on the recycling process to return them to you.
Instead of needlessly buying trash bags, Michael used precycled goods in the form of grocery sacks to furnish his trash can liners.
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precycle 

To use an empty box, bag, bottle, jug, etc. as a receptacle for other trash before you actually throw it (and the trash) away.
Jim always got plastic bags at the grocery store so he could precycle them in his various small trash cans throughout the house.

I finished my 20 oz. carbonated beverage but still found myself overcome with thirst, so I precycled it by rinsing it and filling it with water.
precycle by testicles...that is all October 10, 2009

Precycle 

(verb) Removing a box's inside packaging before you're done with it in order to recycle the box or emptying a bottle into a drinking glass so that you can recycle the bottle on your city's recycle pick-up day.
variable: precycling, noun
I just precycled the cereal box. I precycled the milk jug because I heard the recycle truck coming.
Precycle by Leif Swanson October 31, 2008

Precycle 

Declining the use of a recyclable item (like a shopping bag) in lieu of an obvious alternative.
The checker asked if me if I wanted paper or plastic but since I was buying a six-pack with a handle, I told him I'd rather precycle.
Precycle by jaddilac August 1, 2009

precycle 

the act of collecting cans and bottles from the recycling bin before the recycling truck takes it away. (for the deposit)
The rustling at 6:00 AM was just the precycling going on at the back of the building.
precycle by jluv November 5, 2003

precycle 

Signs at the UMBC dining hall on the tables. Shows a man holding up two cans (potentially with food in them, but one can't see the labels) staring directly at the camera/the viewer.

It supposedly means to buy things with less packaging. However, someone already invented a word for that "reduce", one of the 3 R's (the other two being reuse and recycle.)
Damn, that precycling dude freaks me out.

I'll precycle you!
precycle by Zeei November 20, 2006
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fauxstalgia 

Faux nostalgia. Faking old things in an attempt to recapture the feeling of times gone past, especially of technology that has passed.
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fauxstalgia by scotte61 December 16, 2010
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pajama casual 

Pajama casual is a term used when working from home and preparing for a video conference. All business above the waist and your pajama pants down below.
We have a Zoom meeting in a few minutes and I’ll probably go pajama casual.
pajama casual by jrod-knows March 31, 2020
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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.
funflation by Dfree523 November 17, 2023
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Take the big pirogue, I saw a huge swamp dog out there earlier.
swamp dog by Crystal Ambrose May 22, 2006
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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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