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pretique 

A "pretique" is the combination of "pre" PLUS "-tique" (from critque). Since a critique means a critical review or commentary, especially one dealing with works of art - a "pretique" describes a critique BEFORE having percieved/recieved the very piece of art. Therefore it is great word/term for wise guys or clever clogs.
- This very movie is bad!
- Have you seen it yet?
- No, I do not have to. It is a PRETIQUE.
pretique by Rudolf Inderst May 17, 2008
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Pretiquette 

When someone sits on a table in Pret A Manger with their laptop/work for hours and only drinks one coffee. Or doesn't clear the table after them.
Sarah: Aww, there is nowhere to sit.
Brad: Look at that guy taking up a whole table, nigga don't even got a drink.
Sarah: That's bad pretiquette
Pretiquette by hell0_w0rld October 20, 2015

pratique 

permission granted to a ship to have dealings with a port, given after quarantine or on showing a clean bill of health.
people had to show a pratique to dock at the port. but nobody cares.
Did you know that when pratique is scrambled you can spell: U R A QT pie?

And U R A QT pie ;)
pratique by chyzld.but<3 December 21, 2022

pretiquette 

When someone queues in the wrong line at a Pret in London, so they end up standing for ages in the wrong queue, take up much needed space, and look like a nob.

Or, used to describe someone who is generally not well versed in the traditions of Pret A Manger in London.
*Person stands in the waiting-to-receive queue when they should be in the waiting to-be-served queue*

Sue: "That person is a mug and lacks pretiquette!"
pretiquette by LongPyjamas December 28, 2023

bang a you-ee 

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"
hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee
Word of the Day on July 19, 2026
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"
Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013
Word of the Day on July 18, 2026