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promising 

Someone or something that has the potential to be awesome.

awesome potential hopeful valuable
"He seems like a promising politician" (note: awesomeness, here, is rarely seen)

"Her plan to invest in earplugs for the deaf sounds promising"
promising by Franz730 October 16, 2008

promising footballer 

Term used by the police and press to describe a hooligan who lacks any real prospects beyond their criminality
Promising footballer, Wayne Johnson, was jailed for his vicious attack on an innocent person.
Promising footballer, Henry Hicks, died after crashing while evading police on a moped. Drugs found.
promising footballer by JonnTeee October 30, 2019
A potentialy awkward moment where a guy (generally) gets on one knee, pulls out a ring, and says, "Will you marry me!?" Then he waits desperatly for an Answer!
Woah! That guy is totally proposing to that girl in the middle of the freeway during rush hour traffic!!!!
proposing by Benchamin February 4, 2014

Shamelessly Self Promoting 

When an urbanetizen constantly tries to move his product through every forum available to him.
Jason E. Lee has been shamelessly self promoting his new book "Visions of the Unknown."

pornposing 

to pornpose: the act of delaying one's business by watching porn movies.
- Damn I was supposed to send those 3 applications today...
- How come you didn't?
- I thought I'd first check out for any new vids on bookkake*.
- You do that all the time. You should stop pornposing your work.

*fetish site for paper lovers
pornposing by lessloud June 14, 2010

Promising Mc Creator 

(noun) A person who plays a game called 'Minecraft' to an audience, gains lots of traction, gaining lots of subs fast, just to throw it all away by doing something bad i.e grooming a minor. They are then forced off the internet, when a new person will take their place, repeating the exact same actions.
-Dude! Did you see that Insert Content Creator Name just got cancelled on Twitter.com for grooming 10 minors, forcing dogs to edit for him and litter.
-Typical Promising Mc Creator moment. Can't wait for the next one.
-Btw I ate your cat.
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Throat Sweats 

The feeling and build up in your mouth/throat of saliva that sometimes accompanies nausea.
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piddlefart

Instead of doing my homework, I decided to piddlefart around for two hours.
piddlefart by Rene April 25, 2005
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28 hours and 4 clubs later, gurning for england but still refusing to go home - a total wrongun!!
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square grouper

Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
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