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smarten up 

pay attention to what you're doing

See watch your back.
While walking down the street you go to turn down a blind alley. At the corner someone notices you.

"Hey smarten up!."

You look down the alley realizing what you were about to do and proceed down the street instead.
smarten up by th3m0nk October 16, 2011
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smarten up 

to smarten somebody up - to make look nicer or neat in appearance
then he smartened her up

he would smarten up her (ignore this line, it's just for the stupid input mask to stop saying "Example doesn't use the word smarten up."

purportedly, kidnapped child Natascha Kampusch's kidnapper would try to smarten her up and photograph her when he had beaten her up. (Don't like this example though it's the source - from Wikipedia. Better example anyone ?)
smarten up by pookie3456 November 3, 2006
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Smarten up 

What an inbred owner says to a fan who tells him to fire a lousy coach.
Fan: "Hey Mark, you need to fire Josh McDaniels, he's is awful."
Inbred Owner: "Smarten up!"
Smarten up by anonymous October 31, 2023
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Literally 1984 

Used in response for when someone promotes/advocates an event or idea that is perceived to support "too much" authority and/or government control.

Often used jokingly as a over-exaggeration in political talk.

Can also be used in response to a ban or mute in a forum site or online chat.
Steve: I think that the government should regulate businesses more
Bob: Literally 1984!

--User1 has been permantly banned--
User2: You cant ban my friend like that! Literally 1984!
Literally 1984 by ke1 July 7, 2021
Word of the Day on September 1, 2026

Back when I lived in upstate new york 

A meaningless, unimpressive, self-serving introduction. An indicator that the story about to be shared will be pointless and dumb.
Back when I lived in upstate new york, I also had to park on the street - on two occasions, we got enough snow, mixed with just the right plowing, that my car was lifted off the ground from so much snow being jammed underneath it.
Word of the Day on August 31, 2026
Acronym, meaning Too Long Didn't Understand
Similar to TLDR
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.

Me: Woah! TLDU!
TLDU by L-Evans January 14, 2019
Word of the Day on August 30, 2026
the act of having anonymous sexual encounters with other men in public toilets.
Cottaging by greeef April 24, 2003
Word of the Day on August 29, 2026
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