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Spare Changing formerly known as Panhandling. It is a common practice amidst North American Homeless. Usually accomplished by "flyin' a sign" another common tactic beyond directly requesting financial assistance.
"Dude I'm Broke, n Hungry, let's spange up some dinner."
Spange by MichaelDC January 9, 2008
Related Words
spangey • spange • spanger • SPONGEY • spangly • Spangry • spangy • sangey • Shangey • Slangey

crack spange

To spange (ask for spare change) from a stranger on the fly. As opposed to flying a sign, another form of spanging crack spange insinuates that it is being done spontaneous. Often done in the case of needing money for something immediately.
"I am ten cents short for a bottle of snake piss so Im gonna go crack spange on the way to the LQ.
crack spange by dave m w May 2, 2011
teenagers/young adults (who are perfectly capable of getting jobs) who stand in front of 7-11 and ask people for spare change so they can travel around the country on tour with some crappy jam band

combo of "spare changer"
"I can't even walk down the damn street without those fucking spangers begging me for my last quarter!"
spanger by lulu98 December 28, 2005
Someone’s fat fingers misspelt angry
I’m so spangly right now 😠
Wow, imagine mistyping angry
Spangly by Sup mfs February 26, 2023

e-spanger 

E-Spanger (electronic spare changer) pronounced E-spain-ger is a person who solicits virtually for the immediate donation of money or other gratuity via online personal funding or crowdfunding websites for questionable or unverifiable private or social causes. This may be done by social media or email (asking, requesting, coercing (badgering), sympathy appeals). It is the habitual manipulative or coercive use of another individual's sympathy, guilt, or insecurity for monetary gain. It is a form of emotional and financial abuse - in some cases, fraud or misappropriation of funding.
My Facebook friend, Jill, created a gofundme page to ask for money for her surgery explaining that she was uninsured and had a life-threatening illness. She received thousands of dollars from many sympathetic friends when I found out later that the money was actually used to pay for an elective, cosmetic procedure, her last month’s rent and some Star Wars and Star Trek collectibles. She’s an e-spanger.
e-spanger by gofundyourself August 10, 2016
Spare Change (as in panhandeling)
"spange, spange, I need a beer."
Spange by TheBigGuy July 28, 2008
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A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
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Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
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Plate of Brown 

A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
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Andrew Tate has mastered the field of larpenomics
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Palmela Handerson 

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Boyfriend: Have a visit from Palmela Handerson of course!
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