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The subtle or not so subtle act of exerting force towards teaching a lesson to someone perceived to be younger, oftentimes done under false pretenses leading to bailing anonymously on actions initiated bringing harm, confusion, or otherwise affecting the trajectory of the independent body in motion before the Sunning. Ageist by definition.
Ex1:“Yo unc stop sonning me, you do you.”
Ex3: “I almost landed the trick until you decided to speak at me during what you thought was a moment you were helping me learn some type of moral lesson about not smoking because you thought you smelled cigarettes. Now I’m injured because I landed on my ankle. What you thought was danger was your own fear. It’s the constant sonning from you that leads no one inviting you to the skate park anymore Franklin.”
Ex 2: “That kid needs to stop masturbating. Every time he does I’m going to rub chemicals on his hand while he sleeps. Then he’ll know it’s bad for him.

(Nurse Wendy, 23 year old nurse fresh out of college, as she watches through a door as a 34 year old patient stuck in a hospital bed against his will masturbates in an attempt to signify defiance to his sonning captors in the psyche ward. Nurse Wendy quit a couple of months later when she got caught stealing, and no one ever understood why the patient was so paranoid beyond a term they came up to describe it.
Sonning by jordiepordie1210 January 31, 2025
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Fortunate Sonning 

When receiving fellatio, the recipient spreads the legs of the giver and partially lifts them in order to spin them around in a manner similar to a helicopter's blades.
John: "How did you break your nose?"
Fred: "I fucked up while trying Fortunate Sonning with my girlfriend."
John: "Yikes."

Selective Sinning 

When someone who’s usually a Christian, only abides by some rules in the bible that they deem morally wrong. Like gays go to hell, but they still get drunk or watch porn.
Someone: Why is Barb getting a divorce does she know it’s against the Bible?

Me: Oh she’s just Selective Sinning.
To lay or "chill" with a girl, but never actually have intercourse or even get to 2nd base with.
Dude 1: Hey dude, are you gonna have sex with her?

Dude 2: Nah, I'm shonning her until the sun comes up.

2nd example:

"dude what happened to you last night?"

"I went home with those girls and fucked them- "Nah you shonned them."

Example 3:

"Did he ever get to 2nd base?"

"Nah we shonned and listened to Drake"
shonning by 6 bohrillion July 4, 2014
the opposite of mooning; to show one's penis or vagina in order to surprise someone
I got the idea of sunning my girlfriend when her dad was in the room.
sunning by Bass Maxi Irk December 24, 2008
When one cries so hard because of feels that one can't type correctly
Kat got so emotional about a band that she started sonbing.
Sonbing by Wafflely_Toto October 9, 2013
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Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
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New York and everyone from there can fornicate themselves with an iron stick.
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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

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