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1. A small hand tool with a short handle and a flat, usually pointed blade used for spreading, shaping, and smoothing plaster, cement, mortar or dirt.

2. A gardner's hand tool with a short handle and a curved tapering blade, used for making holes to put plants and seedlings in and for other light digging work.

So in fact it's just a small spade-ish tool.

1. Builders use trowels to flatten cement.
2. A gardner uses a trowel to dig SMALL holes.
Trowel by Jafje April 15, 2007
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a quick bubble writing type display of graffiti, usually an abbreviation of the writers tag.
i just dropped a huge throwie on this bus shed
throwie by Anvl February 24, 2005
Word of the Day on January 4, 2025

trowel bitch 

Girls that apply foundation, eyeliner, lipstick or other facial cosmetics to the extremeties that make it look as if applied by a masonry trowel, and that are also very annoying and fake.
Did you see that girl on the tenth floor? Yeah man, she looks like a trowel bitch.
trowel bitch by casa de awesome August 25, 2009
a synonym which broadly means "I am a shallow cunt with no ideas of my own and base my personality on reality TV because I think it makes me look cool in front of all my fellow bell-ends. "
Paul:"I've been paid today - reem!"

Mike: "knock that TOWIE crap off, before I go round and reem your mum"
TOWIE by kidvicious April 6, 2015

bowel trowel 

"Christ I'm in pain here!"
"What is it Elton, are your piles playing up again?"
"No David it's me bowel trowel it's chaffed to buggery on me sequin kegs, get the vaseline would you."
Elton John's infamous backstage comments to life partner David Furnish, that were only transmitted, by some cruel trick of fate, on Iranian TV causing mass burings of his Lion King soundtrack and the slaughter of Tehran Zoo's pride of lions.
Oddly sequin imports to Iran increased by 1000% that year.

Trowser Snake 

Known to be the worlds most dangerous snake. Colors vary from pink to black. It's fangless, average lenth is 5-6 inches, although some are rumored to reach 8 or more inches (depending on the honesty of the owner)

It usually appears in bedrooms and attacks women in the mouth, lower abdominal area and sometimes the butt.

It's highly venomous spit can cause swelling that lasts 9 months. Infection can occur if proper protection is not worn while handling.

Some mutant species have also been known to attack men from behind.
"Is she pregnant?" " No a trowser snake bit her..."
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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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