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Tracing the bowl

A game men play while going to the bathroom while standing, the objective being how many times you can draw a circle around the inside of the toilet bowl before ending your stream.
"Damn dude, you were gone a long time... is everything ok?"
"Sorry bro, those last 2 beers ran trough me so quickly that I traced the bowl 9 times"

"Randy, can you explain why there is piss on the bathroom floor again?"
"I told you, Sharon. It's called tracing the bowl and it totally a real thing. You wouldn't understand; you're not a bro"
"I want a divorce."
Tracing the bowl by longduckdong January 6, 2019
Word of the Day on January 27, 2019
Intermittent rain that's so light it's not even a drizzle. Like Los Angeles rain.

Rain that's so light it doesn't remove the dirt from your car.

1. An extremely small amount.
2. An amount so small, it's unmeasurable.
Examples:

No need for a jacket, it's just tracing out.

My car got traced. Now I need to [wash it.
tracing by diddlebugg April 8, 2009
Dancing like a twat for amusement of oneself.
Did you see that guy twancing, he looked like a wanker
Twancing by Twancing fool June 10, 2011

Ray Tracing 

A computer graphics rendering technique that simulates real-world lighting by simulating light rays being emitted. The rendering starts from the camera and then outward. The result is an image with real-world lighting. This method takes a lot of processing power. It can take a long time to render a single frame on low to mid-end computers.

Ever since NVIDIA released their RTX GPUs, real-time ray tracing is possible now. This caused ray tracing to increase in popularity and is now used in some video games such as Minecraft and Quake II RTX. Due to ray tracing requiring a lot of power, this is only available for high-end GPUs (high-end GeForce or 20 series).

Ray tracing has all of the features in modern game graphics but has much more accurate and real-world like lighting:
Ambient occlusion
Godrays
High quality reflections (phong falls under this too)
High quality shadows
Soft shadows
This game looks really good with ray tracing.
I used ray tracing to render my film.
Ray Tracing by BigBoi Gaming January 16, 2020

tranking 

The art of tranking is to stand on any object with their arms by their sides, aiming to make it look as awkward and funny as possible. Then take a pic or vid to post so other people can laugh at it.
Person 1: let's go planking!!
Person 2: Thats so last month!! Let's go tranking!!!
Person 1: Sweet Lets go find a cop car to trank on :D
tranking by jane moore July 19, 2011
Repeating or paraphrasing a second party’s actions, jokes, dialogue or demeanor with the singular goal of gaining or adopting the individuals characteristics.
Shiiit, she just tracing. Girl, been watchin’ season two fo six hours straight, all the sudden Eggo waffles is at the top of the grocery list.
Tracing by Getgone84 November 4, 2017
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fache-couture 

French slang, which translated, means "bull's fashion" but basically equates to "hyper trendy" or overly trendy. Used when a person wishes to express distaste at the latest fashion trend/fad, because it seems that everyone has a certain item of clothing or is wearing it. This term is most frequently heard in Paris but is slowly spreading to other parts of France.
1. That Burberry scarf is so fache-couture.
2. That purple American Apparel hoodie is so fache-couture.
fache-couture by bkgmh46x0x March 18, 2008
Word of the Day on October 17, 2026
A slang term for GLP-1 medications(like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, etc.), usually referring to their appetite-killing, weight-loss, or “I forgot to eat” effects rather than the medical details.

Usage:
* Often casual, ironic, or meme-y
* Can imply effortless weight loss, suppressed hunger, or being “powered by pharmaceuticals”

Notes:
Not a brand name—just shorthand for the whole GLP-1 wave. Frequently shows up in online jokes, gym talk, and group chats where people pretend they’re *totally* doing it naturally.
“I’m not dieting, I’m just on that glippy.”
“Ever since the glippy hit, food feels optional.”
“That summer body? Yeah, glippy assisted.”
Glippy by Wild Stoner Appears December 14, 2025
Word of the Day on October 16, 2026

fauxstalgia 

Faux nostalgia. Faking old things in an attempt to recapture the feeling of times gone past, especially of technology that has passed.
Hipstamatic pictures, just like the vinyl-static added to digital recordings, is prime fauxstalgia
fauxstalgia by scotte61 December 16, 2010
Word of the Day on October 15, 2026

pajama casual 

Pajama casual is a term used when working from home and preparing for a video conference. All business above the waist and your pajama pants down below.
We have a Zoom meeting in a few minutes and I’ll probably go pajama casual.
pajama casual by jrod-knows March 31, 2020
Word of the Day on October 14, 2026

funflation 

The recent boom in consumer spending on entertainment and experiences with a high demand running up the cost of enjoying of those experiences.
I’m trying to go to this Taylor Swift concert but the funflation has made it so impossible for me to afford tickets.
funflation by Dfree523 November 17, 2023
Word of the Day on October 13, 2026
A US deep south term for an alligator. Usually used in the Cajun dialect.
Take the big pirogue, I saw a huge swamp dog out there earlier.
swamp dog by Crystal Ambrose May 22, 2006
Word of the Day on October 12, 2026
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