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Selective Text Responding
When one of the participants in a texting conversation intentionally ignores certain questions or texts because of their lack of desire to answer the question or get involved in a conversation.
"Stop selective text responding and answer my question -- do you want to go with me to my friend Marisa's surprise mini golf birthday party?"
Selective Text Responding by tomalexander19 August 25, 2013
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Thirst Responder
A thirst responder is someone who follows the firefighters in on a scene of a crime or a crisis with a water bottle and they really hate that hes there. Cause he just squirts all the people in the face that are in peril and the firefighters are like we are trying to save this person. The thirst responder is like "They look thirsty to me" and he like squirts them in the face. The firefighters dont know where he came from but its a sad story when you really go back in time. The poor guy watched someone thirst to death in a building that wasnt on fire. After that he thought anyone who was in trouble is probably thirsty so he carries water and Gatorade around with him. The police just cant catch him cause hes wanted for a lot of things like not being the place where hes supposed to be
Thirst Responder by Vadoom335 November 1, 2017
not responding
A program that decides to not work for a period of time, due to it being busy or it is processing something, and sometimes no reason at all. Also, some programs can do this for forever and literally piss you off instantly and wanting to force quit the program in Task manager or in severe cases, throw your computer out the window.
Mozilla Firefox (Not Responding)
Me: Goddammit, not again... I'll wait...
(5 hours later)
Mozilla Firefox (Not Responding)
(Throws computer out)
Me: Goddammit, not again... I'll wait...
(5 hours later)
Mozilla Firefox (Not Responding)
(Throws computer out)
not responding by aaaaaiiiiiiieeeee August 16, 2012
Superficial Responding
When someone says something to you, you ask them to repeat it and still don't have a clue about, so rather than asking them to repeat again, you stimulate a variety of different responses such as;
Nodding your Head
Smiling and Looking at The person
Looking Down
Agreeing
Looking Concerned
This method of reply is often useful when speaking to people with strong accents, or old people.
Nodding your Head
Smiling and Looking at The person
Looking Down
Agreeing
Looking Concerned
This method of reply is often useful when speaking to people with strong accents, or old people.
Dan: Wow thats a nice watch, how much was that?
Ted: What?
Dan: How much was your watch
Ted: Yes *Smiles* (Superficial Responding)
Ted: What?
Dan: How much was your watch
Ted: Yes *Smiles* (Superficial Responding)
Superficial Responding by R4inman June 3, 2007
Thirst Responder
Bryce didn't even wait an hour after jen ended her relationship to ask her out. He's such a thirst responder.
Thirst Responder by Yesitwo August 31, 2017
Word of the Day on October 20, 2017
First Responder
First Responder,
Some guy who is the first guy in line for that free pitcher of beer at the Brewery.
Some guy who is the first guy in line for that free pitcher of beer at the Brewery.
Volunteer Fireman Bob is such a worthless asshole he calls 10 times a week begging for a keg of beer for his fireman's summer party. Why he must have heard somebody got a SSDI disability check and he's the first responder to beg for that money.
First Responder by LatNerd May 11, 2011
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square grouper
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square grouper by slipsheet November 6, 2004
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Boffin
British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”
Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
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Pee Calculus
When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
Pee Calculus by anorlondo October 1, 2026
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