thinning
shedding weight. the act of becoming thinner. something you say out loud when you look in the mirror and can tell you've lost weight.
thinning by Thin Winning June 22, 2012
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Thinning out the soup
To do something excessive for something not worth the effort, this term was coined by the Australian YouTuber Dankpods
"having to use an adapter just to blow up nugget-phones is when you know you're thinning out the soup."
Thinning out the soup by Raytheslayer133 July 11, 2023
friend thinning
The act of deleting friends on Facebook whom you haven't talked to in a long time and/or don't plan on talking to again. Sometimes done to escape bad memories of a person or past.
I've gotta do some serious friend thinning... I've got 2000 friends on Facebook and I haven't talked to most of 'em since high school.
friend thinning by imbrianfellow November 16, 2010
Oreo thinning
When someone makes something worse for you and pitches it as if it works to your advantage, like how Oreo charges more money for Oreo thins even though you literally pay more money for less cookie.
Chad: Hey man, look at this new job posting! They're making me design a webpage AND write the code for it, it's like two jobs in one!
Kyle: Nah man, they're just cutting corners and being cheap about it. That's a job meant for two people, they're totally oreo thinning you.
Kyle: Nah man, they're just cutting corners and being cheap about it. That's a job meant for two people, they're totally oreo thinning you.
Oreo thinning by potato874 July 8, 2019
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the thinning by Stoner guy 69 October 12, 2017
Swishful Thinking
When all you can think of is making 3 pointers, or making a basket that is a swish. This is common for poor shooters, who dream of swishes all day, and then celebrate when they finally make one, after multiple misses. This is called Swishful Thinking, as they continue to shoot and shoot, knowing they will finally make one.
Damn, did you see Keith hit that huge 3 after he missed like 6 shots in a row. Yeah dude, he is the king of Swishful Thinking.
Swishful Thinking by Gohanssj22 July 7, 2020
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Frothability
The measure of an emotional and over zealous consumer in an upwardly charging market, also known as a bull market. It's characterized by rising asset prices, increased investor confidence, and favorable growth in the markets, bro.
The frothability was evident as over-zealous consumers eagerly engaged in bidding wars, driving property prices to unsustainable levels reminiscent of previous speculative bubbles.
Frothability by cptn.kagaroo1 January 26, 2024
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Soul digger
A man who dates women with the sole purpose of exploiting their time, energy, and labor while he sucks the joy and happiness from their lives.
"That guy's a soul digger. He'll expect you to work full time, but you'll be doing all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, and childcare while he plays video games or watches TV."
Soul digger by anonymous November 11, 2026
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pod person
A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.
pod person by Christopher M. May 9, 2005
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dead drop
A dead drop is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet.
Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. Drug dealers use this as well.
A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.
A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. Drug dealers use this as well.
A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.
A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
"The dead drop is the restroom toilet at the Gulf station at the corner of Commercial Ave. and Georges Rd."
dead drop by rubberroom July 23, 2008
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