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A word made by attaching the prefix pre- to move.

Premove (v.) Premoved, Premoving

1. The 'action' before a move.

Most often applied to chess, but can be used in other board games.

2. The action of locking in a move before your opponent in timed online chess games in order to execute the move quickly, in order to save time. This is highly risky as you cannot take back a move, so premoving is very committal.
When done in real life, it usually refers to making a move very quickly after your opponent, ad if you premoved online.

Make sure to hit the chess clock!

Premove (n.) Premoves

1. A premove is a move which is locked-in, or the move as part of a premove(v).

Premoving is a double-edged sword. Use with caution! Even the best fall to premoves.

When chained in a long sequence, may cause 'Bro thinks he's Hikaru'.
1. Premoving a forced checkmate sequence shows one's calculation dominance, and is somewhat disrespectful.

2. A: Did you see that blunder? I couldn't believe my eyes!
B: Classic premove.
premove by def-8726 February 14, 2024
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A political term for the condition of a house that needs a lot of work/repair.
Paige: That house is in a beautiful location but needs a lot of work inside.

Jillian: Ya, I think the owners are in the premodel stage, though they have been there for 8 years…
premodel by the comand'r August 20, 2022
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PREMOE- The most bad ass, coolest, laid back mother fucker you know. A guy who can do anything that he wants, when he wants, and where he wants. A guy who can do anything from making steel art to building houses to giving the best sex ever. A guy without a cocky attitude, who would help an elderly woman across the road and/or knock out a dick at the bar who was messing with your girlfriend. A guy with the world at his fingertips.
Fuck yea I know PREMOE. That guy can do anything he puts his mind to and he's not an asshole either.
PREMOE by Premoe66 June 19, 2010

Precover 

Precovery, Precovering, Precovers
The Act of resting before a long night, weekend, summer, or lifetime of bing drinking and partying.

If you can preparty, then surely you must be able to precover.

However if you go out immediately upon recovering, then the recovery and precovery are the same act.
It took me a week to precover for just one weekend in vegas because I knew I'd be living on nothing but a diet of booze and cocaine .
Precover by Hot Sos December 31, 2009
the thing you do before making love (sexy time or fucking).
Tugce Says: Why don't we prelove anymore? Can't we prelove before we make love?
prelove by toochay February 28, 2011

Premoted 

The act of being given permission to work at home
Wow Lila, congrats on being premoted! Now you can work in your parents’ basement for the rest of your career.
Premoted by Lailo April 11, 2019

Promovenenation 

pronunciation: proh· moh· ven· uh· nay· shun IPA: proʊˈmoʊvənəˈneɪʃən

{noun}

: the manipulative act or instance of outwardly promoting or endorsing something, while subtly attempting to sow doubt and negatively influence its success.

especially : by appealing to ethos to persuade others of one's pure intention despite an ulterior, often damaging, motive.

Etymology: derived from the fusion of "promo," from the Latin "promovere" meaning "to move forward," and "venenation," from the Latin "venenum" meaning "poison."

see also: promovenenate (verb), promovenenatingly (adverb)
1. The politician's strategic promovenenation of the policy concealed efforts to undermine its implementation and sway public opinion against it.

2. The Redditor's misleading promovenenation of the stock's prospects thinly veiled an attempt to sow doubt and discourage investment among fellow users.
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