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(ten'-shur)

noun--bacon; this used to be an obsolete definition but we are bringing it back grassroots style.
"Yes!!! I just won 236.237 pounds of tensure playing a kick-ass number guessing game!!"
tensure by noodlehead December 14, 2004

Friend Tenure 

Noun,

After having a friendship that has lasted for a long time the friends have a sort of tenure that allows them to say and do things that other people would not be able to, and also exempts them from most consequences.
Paul - "Hey Jeff, why did you let Jasmine say that about you?"
Jeff- "I know she was just kidding and I've known her my whole life; she has friend tenure."
Friend Tenure by camarro88 December 26, 2008

tonsurephobia 

I am afraid of haircuts
You have tonsurephobia
tonsurephobia by Jake Fearnside April 11, 2008
teasing and pleasure combined into one word

verb) teasuring - the act of having pleasure while teasing during sex

"yo will wut did u do today?"

"oo i had myself a nice teasure"
teasure by William M, Michael S January 9, 2009
Something college professors get when they are offered a life-time position at a college.
I have tenure so I can conduct my class however I want without worry of being fired

Man, once I get tenure I won't have to worry about being unemployed ever again.
Tenure by DesPERRYado November 1, 2004
an acronym that stand for:

Totally Exempt from Needing to Use Real Effort
my professor is completely awful because he's tenured
tenure by briarmoss April 12, 2010
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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.

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You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

A moment in time where you feel distinctly Chinese over all other things.
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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
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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
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