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regionalism

is a form of discrimination that relates to the region in which a person is from. This is often an issue with people that visit one part of the country and are from another region. The regionalist is often looking at the people that are visiting the area as inferior or having lesser qualities than themselves.
Those dumb fucking rednecks have no goddamn clue on how we do shit in New York. They are just wandering around like a bunch of undeveloped neanderthals looking for their next meal and grunting. The people from New York are exhibiting a severe form of "regionalism." They would be referred to as "regionalist!"
regionalism by Cleatus Philiso June 14, 2016

Theory of Regionalism of Material Conditions

The analysis that the economic, technological, and physical resources available to a society—its "material conditions"—are not globally uniform, but are powerfully shaped by regional geography, climate, indigenous species, and historical path dependency. This theory argues you can't understand a region's politics, culture, or conflicts without first understanding what its land can grow, what its mountains hide, and what its rivers can carry. Fate is written in topsoil and ore deposits.
Example: The Theory of Regionalism of Material Conditions explains why the steppe regions of Eurasia, suited to horse pastoralism but not dense agriculture, repeatedly produced nomadic cavalry empires that clashed with the settled, grain-based imperial bureaucracies of China and Europe. The grass literally shaped global history.

Regionals 

They were *this* close.
Person A: "What the hell are regionals?"
Person B: "They were *this* close."
Regionals by CommandrMoose September 21, 2020

Regionalist 

A person who instead of picking on a race of people, pick on people from a region
Man 1 : (Irish Accent) POTATOES!!!!

Me: Man that guy is such a regionalist
Regionalist by BlackMushr00m June 24, 2010

Reverse Rationalism

Reverse Rationalism is a stance which is practically incomprehensible that seeks to be the opposite of what classical rationalism is about, it coniders atheism, anti-theism, laicism, state atheism, scientism, materialism, physicalism, positivism/empirism and naturalism as being irrational while it considers theism, anti-atheism, anti-anti-theism, discidism, state spiritualism, state religion, theocracy, anti-scientism / extrascientism, anti-materialism / extramaterialism, extraphysicalism, post-positivism / post-empirism, spiritualism, spirituality, religion, esoterism, occultism and supernaturalism as being rational, it basically believes that everything considered as irrational by reverse rationalism should be countered while everything considered as rational by reverse rationalism should be promoted and even encouraged.
"Reverse Rationalism makes sense, somehow, if we consider what people like the ones on RationalWiki and on Quora actually do, and how several spiritual, esoteric and occultist groups have a lot of good explanations about reality and existence as well."

Regionacist 

A person with views based on region. A lesser extent of racism.
And separation of race.
Southerners dislike New Yorkers because they have no southern hospitality.

HQ: His mom doesn't like me man.
JP: Why is that?
HQ: Just because I'm from a different region.
JP: That's like regionacist!
Regionacist by JP&HP November 15, 2011
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Respectfully 

Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.
Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.

After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.
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You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

A moment in time where you feel distinctly Chinese over all other things.
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Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.
"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"
crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007
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Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.
Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026
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