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treehugger 

someone who loves the environment and believes it needs to be protected for the benefit of ourselves and future generations to come. Typically described as hippies. Often characterized by eating organic goods, natural fibre clothing, not consumption of meat, a general liking and respect for the environment.
The treehuggers from Greenpeace were all there protesting the rights of the environment.
treehugger by Anonymous September 17, 2003

Treethugger 

noun, the embodiment of both both the hip-hop and hippie cultures. often bearded, wearing thick brimmed glasses.

common attire is a trifecta of full-print; the hoodie, flat brim cap, and t-shirt, all full-print. nice jeans, long hemp or flashy necklaces, and more often then not, nike dunks, limited edition or wacky colors, often sb.
im tired of going to shows and seeing all the treethuggers stand in a group, not dancing, and sip on beer. which is weird because they were all probably on a bunch of ecstasy.

alex just bought a new pair nike dunk sb's, in orange, blue, and purple to match his orange, blue, and purple, negro league new era cap. which also matches his orange, blue and purple oversized bead on his oversized hemp necklace.
Treethugger by beep-boop-bop August 6, 2008

treehugger 

1. A naturalist who will do anything in his/her power to protect the environment and save wildlife. Comparable to a hippie, vegetarian, or Hypah. But not Mancow

2. Someone who is likely to have a nervous breakdown if he/she ever stops protesting something for more than a few minutes.
When will these treehuggers stop protesting everything?
treehugger by Varter April 20, 2004

TreeHugger 

ME! I'm a treehugging dirtlover and I'm proud of it!
She loves this earth, so she must be a treehugger.
TreeHugger by LizzieLu March 22, 2004

treehugger 

treehugger by Anonymous March 12, 2003

Treehugger 

Different from an environmentalist. An environmentalist is somebody who is rational, practical, and scientific.

Treehuggers think purely with emotion and not with actual critical thinking skills.

Typically without any job or hobby, spends their time protesting without thinking of any actual goals or solutions, and does things that feel good but are actually detrimental.

Example, blocking roads and pestering ordinary people, causing idling vehicles traffic and thus thereby causing even more CO2 buildup and moving people away from the movement.

Example 2: Torching SUVs because they are secretly jealous, which in turn creates toxins and co2 and smoke to release into the air, thereby causing more global warming, committing a major crime against ordinary people, and again moving away the average Joe from the cause that the treehugger wants people to join.

Often seen handing out flyers advertising their protest which wastes paper and ends up on the ground as litter.

Is too pathetic to actually work for practical solutions to combat climate change and instead resorts to slacktivism and eco terrorism because they lack the internal strength and motivation to solve problems.
Friend 1: Dude why is there so much traffic and smog today?

Friend 2: those tree hugging idiots blocked the road and caused the cars to idle, idk some stupid protest or something.

Friend 1: Why can't they get a job?

Friend 2: Probably because they blew thousands of dollars of their parents money on an un employable college major and now resort to activism as a way to cope with the fact that they are ashamed of their lack of real accomplishments in life.

Friend 1: Agreed. Fuck treehuggers.
Treehugger by Welldavis December 7, 2021
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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.

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
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
Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

murderhobo 

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021
Word of the Day on September 22, 2026
In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.
"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."
Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020
Word of the Day on September 21, 2026
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