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The profession of being a perverted person.
You should become a pervism.
pervism by forwardman12 May 15, 2009
Slow poison.

People with this name tend to be very active. They love to travel and hate to sit around in the same spot for too long. They are bold, daring, and persuasive. They love to try new things and take chances. Professionally, they can be successful as a public figure, in the media, or at developing new ideas for businesses.
Purvish can be very harmful
Purvish by prince1566 June 10, 2011

heavy metal purism 

Noun describing a mindset among certain heavy metal fans who are preoccupied with distinguishing between "true metal" and "false metal". Typically, heavy metal purists dislike false metal, which often is taken to include glam metal, nu metal, alternative metal and metalcore.

Heavy metal purism tends to be more prevalent among younger metalheads, especially black metal fans. Practitioners of heavy metal purism are sometimes referred to as heavy metal purists.

Also often referred to as "metal purism" or "metal-purism"
“I thought it was really cool,” says Henke remembering when Bring Me The Horizon talked wanting these futuristic sounds. “They’re so creative and had so many ideas about what they wanted.
“Sometimes we didn’t know quite what they had in mind,” adds Fredrik. “But in the end it all made sense.
Did it go against any ‘heavy metal purism’ you might have had?
“Haha, no,” he laughs. “Good stuff is good stuff, and bad stuff is bad stuff. They do it right. I think many bands will follow them.”
Contrary to the belief of the authors of the other definitions, ths coolest person of all time.
there is only 1 purvis
Purvis by TheWiseBiscotti January 13, 2009
When you're acting against someone of the Pure Race
They just banned me for being pure, this is purism.
Purism by Jvstinx November 9, 2020

nick purvis 

one hot boy. who rocks (insert girls name here) world. by his politeness and hand shaking, if you know what i mean;)
Her: do you see that guy shaking that dads hand?
Her 2: he must be a nick purvis
nick purvis by Fat patrisha October 28, 2013
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piddlefart

verb. To waste time doing nothing.
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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"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
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"Yeah, she's kind of annoying. All she ever talks about it ballet."

"Wow, what a Bunhead."

"Hey Sally, you want to hang out this weekend?"
"I can't, I have dance."
"You're such a Bunhead."

"Yeah... I know."
Bunhead by Jen00 October 24, 2014
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trucker's tan 

A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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Every time I walk into the toy aisle, I catch myself kidulting over the latest action figures and LEGO sets!
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