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the microwave burrito effect 

That feeling you have when bicycling in cold weather. Sweaty on the outside, yet somehow still cold on the inside.
The microwave burrito effect occurs when you ride up a big hill on a cold day and you want to take off your jacket because it's sweaty and sticking to you but you are still cold enough to keep it on.

The Microwave Implant 

A biotech implant inserted into your chode whose main function is to automatically create scorching soup upon splooging. It also can collect, feed, and cultivate a maggot population, store shums, and mix the ingredients to create the Slumpy Stew efficiently.
I just got the microwave implant! The scorching soup is everywhere!!

The Microwave is Sentient

“The microwave is sentient” is an English statement asserting that a microwave oven possesses consciousness or awareness. Its etymology is unclear, although it likely originated from someone observing their kitchen appliance for significantly longer than was necessary.

Pronunciation: /ðə ˈmaɪkroʊweɪv ɪz ˈsɛntiənt/

The statement remains unverified by microwave manufacturers.
“Don’t unplug it. The microwave is sentient.”
“Why is it watching me?”
“The microwave is sentient, apparently.”

slightly reheated in the microwave 

When an insult is very weak.
Jimmy: You look like a fake person!
Paul: Bruh, that was slightly reheated in the microwave!

My Dog Turned on the Microwave

A convenient way of buying yourself time during a phone call or chat session without seeming rude.
(09:18) * S(A)lly strips
(09:18) <ReytheGreat> My dog turned on the microwave

In the Microwave?

When someone says something already said, one will say "In the Microwave?"

Originated in Topeka, Kansas:
"I hated in the movie Urban Legend when the dog blows up in the microwave."
"OH YEAH! In the microwave?"
Victor: Hey, look at that can of pie filling!
Danielle: Hey, look! Pie filling!
Victor: In the microwave?

In the Microwave? by Urka March 23, 2008
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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
Word of the Day on September 29, 2026
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
Word of the Day on September 28, 2026
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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