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susans alter ego in team goodness is sustain.
sustain by ratt November 16, 2004
I think that's the impostor, he just keeps sustaining.
sustain by unitinu September 3, 2022

How Old-Money Dynasties Sustain Power Across Generations 

How old-money dynasties like the Rothschilds, Rockefellers, Herreras, and Agnellis preserve and grow their wealth across generations. Learn their investment strategies, financial control, and legacy-building secrets.

For centuries, the world’s most powerful families have controlled vast fortunes, shaping economies, industries, and political landscapes. Unlike new-money billionaires who often accumulate wealth rapidly, old-money dynasties sustain their riches for generations. They employ intricate financial strategies, ensure tight family control over assets, and utilize economic policies as a leverage to maintain their highly influential financial empires.

Old-money dynasties sustain power across generations by combining financial discipline, long-term investment strategies, and strong family governance. Families like the Rothschilds, Rockefellers, Herreras, and Agnellis are prime examples of how elite wealth is preserved and influence is maintained over centuries.
How Old-Money Dynasties Sustain Power Across Generations

My mind, my face, it's all yours at the end of the day. My life, my name, it's all yours to reflect and sustain. 

The lyrics from the Jeffy's Endless Aethos "song "Shuck".
My mind, my face, it's all yours at the end of the day. My life, my name, it's all yours to reflect and sustain. awwww shucks!

sustainability suit 

The most environmentally sustainable attire you can wear is no clothes at all, hence known as a ‘sustainability suit’ (formally known as the ‘birthday suit’).
I just went for a swim in my sustainability suit and got arrested. I was like "hey man i'm just being environmentally sustainable!"
sustainability suit by RadAquaman December 18, 2012

Sustainatarian 

Broadly speaking, the term sustainatarian applies to decision-making based on principles of environmental sustainability and fairness to both humans and animals.

Different than a vegetarian (who may eat factory-farmed dairy), or a vegan (who will not eat animal products of any kind) a "sustainatarian" is a person who eats a mostly plant-based diet with occasional sustainable meat, meaning that it is locally and humanely raised. The term also refers to buying fair trade, organic, recycled, reused and/or reusable food, clothing and consumer goods wherever there is a choice.
"Being a strict sustainatarian, I only buy beef if I can get it from pastured cows raised comfortably on a local small-scale farm".
Sustainatarian by KellyMcKenna July 24, 2011
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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
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