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To raise higher, usually in a job status.
I got promoted from vice president to president.
promote by dref said right June 9, 2004
Words you can keep
To perpetuate or elevate the status of a person, concept, ideal, organization or the like. Etymology stems from a Middle-English amalgamation of Latin 'pro-' (for) and Middle English 'motan' (allow, must). To offer support for allowance to continue is to promote. The opposite of condemn and dissent.
Roberto wasn't aware that his mass-murder killing spree promoted strong Republican values until Rush Limbaugh offered him a co-hosting role on his talk show.
promote by GothYena September 30, 2005
The act of trying to get people to come into a nightclub, either via advertisement or word of mouth. To assemble a concert or club event.
We passed out flyers on 6th street to promote the new trance club.
promote by DoktorJ December 28, 2005

Promote your YouTube video here 

That ad you now see under every definition. Let's face it. 100,000 impressions for $100? Nobody will obviously watch it.
Wow, Urban Dictionary is now doing YouTube promotions. All you do now is click Promote your YouTube video here, choose a video, link your YouTube account, and bam.

Promote porn month

February.

The month where you are encourged to watch all the porn you can and invite all your friends over to watch it. And the month where they have all the porn shows and porn festivals ect. they can.
It's almost the first day of promote porn month.

Cock promote 

The opposite of cock blocking. The act of talking your buddy up.
Guy 1: "Dude, you were hella cock blocking last night! I was gonna get with her!"
Guy 2: "No man! I was cock promoting the hell out of you! That bitch doesn't even like me--I only cock promote!"
Guy 1: "..bullshit."
Cock promote by kjack360 February 6, 2014

Self-Promote 

When u gotta pimp out ur own shit cuz u caint get no otha pimp on it. They all like NAH so u start sellin it on ya own.
"Dearest Mr. Pimp, while I appreciate your continued offer of services, I have decided to branch out and self-promote my exquisite goodies and will hereby be representing myself evermore. I apologize for any inconvenience or financial hardship that this revelation might cause you and your closest of kin."
Self-Promote by pimpwiggly 24/7 January 9, 2017
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Back when I lived in upstate new york 

A meaningless, unimpressive, self-serving introduction. An indicator that the story about to be shared will be pointless and dumb.
Back when I lived in upstate new york, I also had to park on the street - on two occasions, we got enough snow, mixed with just the right plowing, that my car was lifted off the ground from so much snow being jammed underneath it.
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Acronym, meaning Too Long Didn't Understand
Similar to TLDR
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.

Me: Woah! TLDU!
TLDU by L-Evans January 14, 2019
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the act of having anonymous sexual encounters with other men in public toilets.
Cottaging by greeef April 24, 2003
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Salad Days 

green inexperienced youthful judgement and cold blooded execution of those judgements.

Rashness with little concern of consequence.

Antony and Cleopatra. William Shakespeare

"My salad days,
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood."

- William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, 1.5
"How did you end up in jail?"

"Salad days, 'nuf said."
Salad Days by GilbyRFC0 October 7, 2011
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