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Yellow Umbrella

The person who holds the yellow umbrella is the future love of your life (future husband/wife lover, girlfriend/boyfriend etc)
"So you think about getting serious with this girl?"
"Yeah man, I guess were the one holding my yellow umbrella"
Yellow Umbrella by Flashmash April 14, 2016

The Umbrella Academy 

The Umbrella Academy is a comic book series written by Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance and drawn by Gabriel Ba. It is published by Dark Horse Comics. The first part of the series is called The Apocalypse Suite and follows the lives of a scientist (who is really an alien) who adopts seven babies who were mysteriously born even though their mothers showed no signs of pregnancy. The series so far consists of six issues: The Day The Eiffel Tower Went Beserk, We Only See Each Other At Weddings And Funerals, Dr. Terminal's Answer; Baby, I'll Be Your Frankenstein; Thanks For The Coffee; Finale, Or Brothers And Sisters, I Am An Atomic Bomb. The second part of the series, while following the same characters as The Apocalypse Suite, is entitled Dallas, with the first issue coming out November 26, 2008. The second issue is due out December 24, 2008.
The Umbrella Academy has brought comic books back to popularity.

umbrella fever 

the feeling you when you have bought a gift for someone and you REALLY want to give it to them, but the gift-giving occaison isn't for a while.

Symptoms of Umbrella Fever -

You're tempted to give the gift early.

You get too excited and therefore build up the gift to be something more exciting than it is.
- I bought this amazing DVD boxset for Mike's birthday, but it isn't until next week - I have ridiculous umbrella fever!

- don't give in to the fever!

umbrella term 

A word that groups other words into a single common category.
In terms of race in America "black" is an umbrella term for African-American, Jamaican, Igbo, etc. Even though these people are different, to the general public they fall under the umbrella term, "black".
umbrella term by Urban Suzie April 28, 2012

Cumbrella 

In 1882, London prostitute Gerda Puridle invented elongated eye lashes or "cumbrellas" to block semen from getting in working girls' eyes that are worn today as common fashion.
“Hold ye horses, John. Thou art welcome to don thine cum on thou face, for I’ve applied my cumbrellas”
Cumbrella by Pogoextreme February 3, 2021

Umbrella Handle 

dude 1: bro guess what
dude 2: what bro?!
dude 1: i totally stuck an umbrella handle up my arse!
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NYC people who migrate north to Quahog, RI to see the leaves in the fall.
New York and everyone from there can fornicate themselves with an iron stick.
leafers by ss++ February 8, 2005
Word of the Day on September 27, 2026

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
Word of the Day on September 26, 2026

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."
Word of the Day on September 25, 2026
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
Word of the Day on September 24, 2026
A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.
Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.
Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026
Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

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.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
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
Word of the Day on September 22, 2026
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