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For use in the NYC Metropolitan area; Manhattan specifically. It means Upper West Side (of Manhattan.)
That night spot I mentioned is situated near 86th street and Columbus Ave on the UWS.
uws by sahmad July 28, 2005
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Acronym: University of Wasted Space (aka University of Western Sydney)
Referring to the inverse proportion between the size of the campus and the quality of education.
Gary saw the endless bounds of Penrith Campus and realised why they called this place the University of Wasted Space.

Harry graduated from UWS, but realised that 9000m away - outside of the campus - nobody cares...
uws by komisha April 19, 2008
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UWS is an acronym for Un Washable Stain, a art movement in South Africa.
"Well crafted tattoos are UWSs"
UWS by Mo Tee September 9, 2019

Policing UWS 

An individual currently undertaking a Policing degree within the University of Western Sydney. Often this individual embraces qualities and render him or her unable to complete even the simplest of tasks without resorting to threatening to beat someone with a rubber hose in the nude.
"That Policing UWS student gave me the hose"
Policing UWS by Gregorian March 4, 2007
One of your standard UWSCers advertising: NEED CHAMBER/\PITS FOR UWSC - PRO ONLY NO FAIL!!
uwsc by ciel712 June 12, 2009
V,adv,N,Pn {Uiu~ēs-ëēq}: A femail or female moving in motion that G's spot changes in Cop phonetic alphabet and letters and shapes of importance of sense of niches.2. Femail or Female moving sensing G's spot change in alphabet and Letters and shapes of niches. The femail and female G's spot inter change of niches importance. The femail or female G's niche importance.
While I was staying out with girls they where so Uwsiq that their was a Rwiq feeling that a whole lot could be going onn.
Uwsiq by Tuc'ima December 22, 2025
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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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