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a common style of clothing worn by hippies, it can be hand made, by using elastic bands on shirts and then adding random dyes and washing it all together and it makes 'groovy' patterns. Though anyone who wears tye dye now a days probably buys it like that, and might wear it as part of a costume or to be ironic.
hippie: whoa dude..I spent all night tye dyeing my socks man, grooovy whoooaaaa *gets high*

mom: when I was a girl I had a tye dye backpack

dude: God this room is bright, it looks like one of jerry garcia's tye dyed shirts!
tye dye by kater June 11, 2006
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tye dye lobster bib 

a sexual act performed in which the participants smear each other with a concoction of blended fecal matter and seminal fluid (and urine if thats your kind of thing)
Do you know Rick? him and his girlfriend were on shrooms and i guess they tye dye lobster bibbed.

Canadian tye-dye

When you spill maple syrup and it stains your jeans, denim jacket, or canadian tuxedo.
I had a sloppy breakfast. Now i'm rocking a canadian tye-dye all day. Unbelievable!
Canadian tye-dye by Ronald Inho January 10, 2009

The British Tye Dye 

The act of making brutal love to a person with red hair so incredibly aggressively that their hair turns white
“Did you root that ranga from the club last night”

“Yeah bro I even gave her the The British Tye Dye”
The process of colouring a shirt using bleach, and or dyes
This white shirt is perfect for the tyedye process!
tyedye by FacebooksMomGroup January 6, 2024
Passing for someone you're not and deceiving security or flooding an area you want to control all at once overnight.
That town is tyedyed those two don’t even know each other. The hue is all off.
Tyedye by Gridl0cked99 August 27, 2025
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trucker's tan 

A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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The phenomenon where adults salivate at children's toys
Every time I walk into the toy aisle, I catch myself kidulting over the latest action figures and LEGO sets!
kidulting by Emotional Cruiser October 12, 2025
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British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”

Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
According to the boffins downstairs, the murderer used a serrated blade.
Boffin by Agnon February 11, 2023
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Pee Calculus

When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.
Pee Calculus by anorlondo October 1, 2026
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Literally "dirty" pronounced with a West Indian accent. Can also have a positive connotation, for example Sean Paul's album title "Dutty Rock".
"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

or, in a positive usage:

"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
Dutty by J Hall April 3, 2003
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korean word for madam, older woman
Ajumma wait a moment
Ajumma by aintnotinbutnice July 5, 2009
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