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a place where you can express your thoughts, a place where you can be free, home.

living in the moment, happiness.
my ukiyo heart :)
ukiyo by theukiyoheart January 18, 2021
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ukiyo • Ukiyo-e • ukyo • ukino • Ukio • Ukiop • ukiwou • ukiy • UkyoKuonji • Ukyo Saionji
Ukiyo is as angsty as good
Ukiyo by seoklys July 12, 2020
The pleasure districts of feudal Japan. Literally meaning "floating world," these were places in which one would find nothing but sex and courtesans.
Have you read about those ukiyo places? Don't sound too different than New Orleans.
ukiyo by dalfreeze October 13, 2009
A Japanese art movement that flourished from the 17th to the 19th century. It produced paintings and prints depicting the everyday life and interests of the common people.
Ukiyo-e is the Japanese woodblock print genre of art, literally, "Pictures of the floating world."
To make your friends simultaneously shake their heads at how you manage to function in everyday life and also stand back in awe of how you always end up with awesome stories and how you are one of the funniest and most interesting people they know
"I found an incredibly amazing bird, but when I tried to photograph it, my camera focused on a tree instead."
"You ukyoung'd it!"

"I wandered into the bush on my own and found my first giraffes, but then get lost and had to be rescued by the game guard."
"You ukyoung'd it!"

"I made the most of my one-day layover in Dubai by going out alone on a sketchy rural solo van tour and living to tell the tale."
"You ukyoung'd it!"

"I watched Game of Thrones uncomfortably close to my essay deadline and then miraculously managed to finish the essay."
"You ukyoung'd it!"

"I had no plans or flights a week before my visa expired, and then somehow threw together a last minute amazing trip to the Okavango Delta and the Serengeti."
"You ukyoung'd it!"
ukyoung by Osmund T. Sullivan July 24, 2015

puntangina Ukyo

Dsct twt is going through a puntangina ukyo arc.
puntangina Ukyo by Lyniz February 4, 2021
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square grouper

Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
square grouper by slipsheet November 6, 2004
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A girl who does ballet and only talks about ballet. Her schedule is filled with dance classes which does not allow her to do any other activity.
"Hey, do you know that girl Sally?"

"Yeah, she's kind of annoying. All she ever talks about it ballet."

"Wow, what a Bunhead."

"Hey Sally, you want to hang out this weekend?"
"I can't, I have dance."
"You're such a Bunhead."

"Yeah... I know."
Bunhead by Jen00 October 24, 2014
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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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