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The alternative pronunciation of the big-box store Target.

Calling "Target" by the moniker "Tarjay" aims to make the shopping experience seem more upscale than it really is.

If you are always shopping at the big-box store, you may be stigmatized by your friends who shop at Whole Foods or at a mom and pop store.

To prevent this, all you need to do is make the name of the big-box store sound more sophisticated and upscale.

It adds a seemingly French sound to the name, and that sounds impressive, or even extraordinary
Ann: Did you buy that button down shirt from the local store in town?
Bruno: No, I bought it from tarjay...oh-la-la
Ann: Oh, you mean Target?
Bruno: Yeah, but calling it Tarjay sounds fancier, and conceals the fact that i am cheap.
tarjay by g-diggity April 21, 2008
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taraji p henson 

The most amazing black woman actress alive! She's a true tough COOKIE.
-I wish a bitch would fuck with me. I will drop there ass with my Taraji p henson (cookie)!
taraji p henson by Taraji p henson December 20, 2016
comical pronunciation for Target, "the fine french import store"
tarjay strives to be as inexpensive as walmart is cheap
tarjay by ranktude November 29, 2012

tarjei'd 

the term "to be tarjei'd" was created on the 7th of July after a popular Norwegian actor named Tarjei Sandvik Moe shaved his head and made the world cry

to be "tarjei'd" means you have gone bald or "your wig has been snatched"
Oh wow I can't believe he did that. He tarjei'd me
Wow IVE BEEN TARJEI'D
tarjei'd by idkabutThis July 11, 2017

Tarjei Sandvik Moe 

The most godly person/actor to ever consume cardamom ever. An angel among earthly creatures.
Tarjei Sandvik Moe worked so hard during Skam Season 3
Tajai comes from unknown origins but is said to mean "royalty". It is a male name mostly given to god-like african american children. Tajai would be a perfect being which causes people to love him it also causes lots of hater because they wish they where him. Tajai would be an intelligent, charismatic, and athletic person. People will often be "dick riding" Tajai because they Would like to be him. A famous person with the name Tajai is a Jamaican reggae artist, people thought he had the blood of a god in him. You will never find a Real Nigga as Trill as Tajai.
Girl one: Damn that nigga fine
Girl two: No shit that dude's Tajai

Male One: I wish I was more athletic and intelligent...
Male Two: Well sucks to suck Nigga you ain't Tajai
Tajai by ANiggaSoRoyal April 22, 2013
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Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
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I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.
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Literally "dirty" pronounced with a West Indian accent. Can also have a positive connotation, for example Sean Paul's album title "Dutty Rock".
"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

or, in a positive usage:

"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
Dutty by J Hall April 3, 2003
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korean word for madam, older woman
Ajumma wait a moment
Ajumma by aintnotinbutnice July 5, 2009
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Slop Grenade

When someone uses AI to generate a large document, slide deck, or piece of code/software and tosses it over the fence for you to deal with.
Chad: Hey Brent I sent you the new backend API change to review, it’s only 100 files changed.

Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
Slop Grenade by Joe Squid September 28, 2026
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Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
After we broke up, he was floxi to me.
floxi by Dr. Geek May 13, 2009
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