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Pretirement 

The period of time from infancy to the start of preschool where a child doesn’t have to go to school or work.
Mom 1: How is little Albert doing?

Mom 2: He’s fine. Just enjoying his pretirement.
Pretirement by CowBellJoe April 3, 2019

Pretirement 

The employment status of one who has been forced for the first time into unemployment due to the economic downturn of a company or, furthermore, a global recession. With no previous experience with the hardships of being unemployed, pretirees might be be prone to making light of their situation by considering themselves "retired". However, as they are not at a stage in life in which they are financially prepared to actually make that move, they must accept the fact that they will at some point be back in the work force.
"Did you hear Steve got tossed out on to the street from a job for the first time in his life? His position was replaced by a robotic arm.. so now he's got to face the world ofunemployment. He's not down, though! He can spend more time with his family and look around for the first stable job in all the years he's been in the labor force. He's been working so hard his whole life, so I guess he deserves some time off. He can't quite retire just yet.. so consider this his pretirement!"
Pretirement by big-ernest September 10, 2009

Two Days Till Retirement 

An action movie cliche in which a character in an action film mentions wanting to do something peaceful after a mission/encounter only to die in the film.
Did that guy in the movie say he wants to marry his girlfriend after the war? Yep, he's got two days till retirement!
Two Days Till Retirement by DANfan January 19, 2013

Retirement Funeral

This came about while talking with a friend about the death of someone who was planning to retire, but passed away before retiring. I told him that we would be attending his retirement funeral.
Retirement Funeral - a service held for a person who planned to retire, but died before retiring.
Jason A.L.
has to be 85 years old, if he doesn't retire soon we will be attending his Retirement Funeral.
Retirement Funeral by JJJAL August 20, 2019

sudbury retirement fund 

a collection of returnable empty beer bottles.
"holy shit walt.. you must have 100 cases of empties in the garage.. why don't you return them?"

"no way... that's my sudbury retirement fund"

stealth retirement 

The increasingly common phenomenon of quietly and suddenly retiring in the midst of workplace chaos to avoid the dangers of the Covid Pandemic.
Well my man, the only truly intelligent option as I see it is stealth retirement!
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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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"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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Ajumma wait a moment
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