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Thumbpulling 

THUMBPULLING - This is the act of pulling your "palate" apart by placing your thumbs into the 2 sides of your palate in order to widen the "Maxilla", trying to replicate the effects of a "Palate Expander" in order to become a highly attractive individual. Some even try to push outwards and forward in order to gain "forward growth of the Maxilla". This was popularized by the one and only Oscar Patel, who also added on "chin tucking" while doing it to increase the pressure. Many people online have proven this method wrong, as to mimic a palate expander, you would need to do it really hard for a prolonged period of time, and need to be young, way longer than the advertised seconds and minutes that Oscar Patel and many creators mentioned.
Person 1: Hey, why are you doing that?! what is wrong with you?! why are both of your thumbs in your mouth?

Person 2: I am doing this to become a highly attractive individual as i learned online, called Thumbpulling. Even if it was disproved many times and its cope, if I pull hard and i'm young enough it will work
Thumbpulling by monkeyeater355 March 8, 2025
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trumbulling

Promising to do something in a timely fashion then making you wait so long it is no longer relevant.
We could have made it to the gym in time if you werent trumbulling us.
trumbulling by Steeeeeve12 December 2, 2014

Thumb Pulling 

Thumb pulling is when you hold someone's hand then you both suck on your own thumbs to make it look like you are pulling / snogging
"I didn't know they were going out!?"

"they're not, they're just thumb pulling"
Thumb Pulling by c'est_moi September 7, 2013
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A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
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Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
Northstarring by Light Bearer October 22, 2026
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Plate of Brown 

A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
Plate of Brown by Cheddar Craigson September 18, 2020
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Larpenomics

When finance content creators rent out fancy cars and flex cash to seem richer than they really are in order to promote and sell their “get rich quick” courses.
Andrew Tate has mastered the field of larpenomics
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