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Rumsfeldian 

a term to describe a person's tendency to ignore facts, spoken or otherwise, when those facts are opposing to the person's own viewpoint.
Doctor: I'm afraid you only have two weeks to live.
Rumsfeldian: Yeah, my health gets better every year.

Banker: Your account is overdrawn.
Rumsfeldian: I'll write a check to cover it.
Rumsfeldian by Hates_ November 23, 2006
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rumsfeldian 

Derived from Donald Rumsfeld, erstwhile SECDEF and all-around meanie, the term "rumsfeldian" is an adjective used to describe a truly tremendous blunder, such as NOT pursuing the jihadis in Afghanistan or invading/occupying a hostile country with far too few troops.
He really screwed the pooch on that one! It was positively rumsfeldian!!
rumsfeldian by succulentboi August 25, 2004

rumsfeldian 

Use of profound logic to confound the opposition, often yourself.
"We have known knowns(things we know we know), known unknowns(things we know we don't know), unknown unknowns (things we don't know we don't know), and unknown knowns (things we don't know we know)" came the rumsfeldian reply to the reporters question.
rumsfeldian by KennethM September 23, 2007

Rumsfeldian 

The act of being close in nature, or complete opposite, to former United States Congressman, Secretary of State, and Secretary of Defense (1975 to 1977, et al. 2001 to 2006) Donald Rumsfeld.
Boy, that Ryan kid is quite the Rumsfeldian. The resemblance is uncanny.
Rumsfeldian by Rumsfeld 44 February 21, 2023
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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.

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You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

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Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.

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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Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026
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murderhobo 

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

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DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021
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