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pretendster 

A spurious personality registered on a social networking website: very often the individual is claiming to be someone famous, although sometimes the name assumed, and the asscociated character, are completely invented.

Associated terms: foaf; Friendster; fakester; troll; IP
"In this online age of fluid and epic identities, there are Friendsters and there are pretendsters ... This person, whoever they are, ain't no Friendster. She's a lower-cased anti-social butterfly-troll - effecting stagnation amidst the six degrees of separation. Upstanding internet users aren't ashamed to let others know exactly who they are: IP's ain't herpes! She is posing as the pop star, Chrissie Hynde, but I doubt the real Chrissie Hynde would be friends with someone who, it says in their profile, is an inspector for the guild of butchers. The real Chrissie Hynde is an outspoken vegetarian and even her band, called "The Pretenders", never stooped to actually pretending to be someone else. Did you know that Chrissie Hynde cuts her own hair?"
pretendster by Rogan Whitenails February 19, 2004

pretendious 

The act of being pretentious with no merit or using lies or pretend to back up a pretentious statement.
"Matt said he was the best DJ in the world, but he's just being totally pretendious."
pretendious by Jackola February 18, 2009

Pretenditarian 

A person (usually on an Internet forum) who claims to be a Libertarian, but is actually just another Republican jackoff.

Also describes someone who supports big government and repressive legislation when enacted by Republicans, but cries bloody murder when the same measures are enacted by Democrats.

See Fibertarian
Real Libertarian: "How can you call yourself a Libertarian when you support the current administration's constant and repeated attempts to violate our privacy in the name of imaginary security?"

Pretenditarian: "Shut up, LibTard!"
Pretenditarian by Dr. Cyclops January 19, 2007

Pretendionaire 

Person who acts like they are a millionaire when they are not.

In most cases, their debts to assets are highly leveraged.
"Whoa, Jeff must be rich to be driving that Mercedes"

"Nah, he's leasing that car like the pretendionaire that he is."
Pretendionaire by Excel Pimp September 6, 2012

pretendtious 

acting like you have money and status only because you are hanging out with people who do
Steve was all pretenDtious when he sailed with his rich friend the other day, he wore a blazer and acted like he was all that. What a douchebag.
pretendtious by ciao boxer September 11, 2011

pretendetarian

A derisive term sometimes used by vegetarians or vegans when referring to pesco-vegetarians, "pescetarians", "semi-vegetarians" or "pollotarians".

A poseur who tries to affect the moral stance of a vegetarian.

See also: Faketarians
That Mollie tries to make herself sound so morally consistent, but she still eats fish- she's a total pretendetarian!
pretendetarian by SaganGathering February 4, 2008
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Respectfully 

Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.
Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.

After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.
Respectfully by john quan the first December 20, 2020
Word of the Day on September 26, 2026

You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

A moment in time where you feel distinctly Chinese over all other things.
Dante: "I wish I could be Nigerian, but I can't because I'm Chinese. You met me at a very Chinese time in my life."
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Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.

Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.
"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"
crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007
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A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.
Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.
Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026
Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

murderhobo 

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021
Word of the Day on September 22, 2026
In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.
"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."
Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020
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