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Telegraphing 

To convey an intentional, conscious or unconscious message, usually through facial expressions or body language, but can also include written or verbal comments.

Can also be refered to and used as "Telegraph" or "Telegraphed."
During a recent conversation Joanna made a comment of how much she enjoyed the company of men. Her boyfriend Harvey interpreted that to mean she either was already seeing other men, or was telegraphing her intentions.
Telegraphing by Who 'Dis? Who 'Dat? September 10, 2019
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telegrabbing 

The action, mainly adressed by horny teenagers or poorly evolved creatures, of someone getting close enough to the tv or computer screen which, by the time, is showing a picture of a hot male/female, with the pathetic intent of simulating to grab that person's hot body parts, like boobs in females or packages on dudes.
Dude! Sit the hell down and stop telegrabbing the Hoff's awesome hairy chest!
telegrabbing by texaro April 19, 2009
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Man 1 says "I drank last night I need a break" Man 2 "Sonion"
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breatharian 

One whos diet consists of air, light, and prana, with a possible sip of water now and then.
The breatharian has air, light, and prana for food.
breatharian by leena gabor November 8, 2005
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A Booger In The Nose Of Progress 

Anything that impedes or otherwise interferes with a process going forward.
"Militarily, that inquest was a booger in the nose of progress."

or

"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."
Word of the Day on June 2, 2026

🤡🫵🏻

How to say "you're an idiot/clown" using only emojis.
Person 1: Insert completely incorrect and/or idiotic statement here
Person 2: 🤡🫵🏻
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Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
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