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WTDSWW-When The Dust Settles We Win 

When the dust settles we win
WTDSWW-When The Dust Settles We Win

It's rough right now; don't stop, keep going. When the dust settles, we win!

I get it. They are dragging your name through the mud. Don't let go of our integrity. When the dust settles, we win.

The world is falling apart. Does it make sense to have any hope in God? Yup. Look up. Hold your head up. When the dust settles, we win.

Ima bout to lose my freaking mind. These haters make me wanna do some dumb shid, low-key. Nah, brah. Protect your energy. When the dust settles, we win.

After the dust settles, victory comes.
It will work out. Keeping the right thing
After the event, we win.
We will win when everything is over.

Settle The Dust 

To smoke a cigarette. Typically done after rough sex or throughout a night of binge drinking.
I'm tired of fucking, let's go settle the dust.
Settle The Dust by Durf Miver April 21, 2011

When the Dust Settle

just you and me remain your attempts at death are in vein, oh muffin you're nothing held in my pregatory, oh muffin
can you like stop singing asdf's endless muffin time When the Dust Settles
When the Dust Settle by blemdbo February 22, 2025

Waiting for the dust to settle. 

As many think of today for some atmospheric clearance of waiting for the dust to settle, it is actually a moment for grief. That time shared and spent during the moments of having someones ashes and the distance it takes till that dust settles to move on.
Sad Joan recently lost her beloved dog. A pet she was always walking everyday, seen by everyone, and spoken to as their nearest and dearest.

Having a cremation for her long lost pet, she carefully placed the ashes upon her mantle piece.
Each day as her closest friends paid their respectful concerns, as they were waiting for the dust to settle. Then the days were becoming brighter again.
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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.
Respectfully by john quan the first December 20, 2020
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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.
Dante: "I wish I could be Nigerian, but I can't because I'm Chinese. 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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