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stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate
You willfully submitted, even though you knew you would later regret it.
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willful ignorance 

(noun)
The practice or act of intentional and blatant avoidance, disregard or disagreement with facts, empirical evidence and well-founded arguements because they oppose or contradict your own existing personal beliefs.

This practice is most commonly found in the political or religious ideologies of "conservative" Americans.

Many times it is practiced due to laziness--people not wanting to have to do the work to rethink their opinions, the fear of the unknown, the fear of being wrong, or sometimes simply close-mindedness.

alt. form: willfully ignorant
Then Julie said, "It's not that I don't believe you, it's just not what the Bible says." God, what a willfully ignorant fucktard.
willful ignorance by chronosis April 21, 2005

willful Philistinism 

Being proud of enjoying something that is frowned upon by the cultural elite.
"Call me a willful Philistine, but I think McDonald's has the best french fries bar none!"

"I know I'm a music snob, but I love Britney Spears. That's my willful Philistinism."

Example of willful Philistinism: "I may not know art, but I know what I like."

Willful Ignorance 

Noun: Making the conscious decision to deny facts and reality because you have such a fragile ego that if you admit you are wrong your whole world would implode in a fiery mess of gore.

Ironically practiced most often by people who claim to have a deep appreciation for science and truth.
Millennial Socialist: "That wasn't real communism"
Person with brain: "It's not worth arguing with you because of your willful ignorance"
Willful Ignorance by rimann March 28, 2019

Willful Ignorance 

The practice or act of intentional and blatant avoidance, disregard or disagreement with facts, empirical evidence and well-founded arguments to forward a hidden agenda.

This practice is most commonly found in the political ideologies of "Liberal" Amercian Politicians.
President Obama's clever use of willful ignorance of the truth surrounding illegal arms trade, cause him to urge the Senate to ratify a treaty of registration of legally acquired firearms even though legally acquired guns have nothing to do with the illegal arms trade.

Willful Idiot

A willful idiot is someone who intentionally makes suboptimal decisions that negatively effects their sanity, physical health, and difficulty of their life. Often done by stubborn people who don't practice safer and smarter work practices for the sake of being a man, and people who refuse to take the high road.
Examples of a Willful idiot include, but are not limited to:

1: Worker works harder, not smarter at the construction site, knowing the future consequences of doing so.
- This negatively effects his physical health (lower back pain, hip problems, etc...). He works harder to show everyone how much of a hardworking man he is. This cycle of inefficiency will cause Worker to have a "shorter fuse", causing anger, as a result of frustration and burnout.

2: User interacts with rage baiters on forums, knowing the consequences of doing so.
- This negatively effects his sanity. Sometimes this can be done for fun, i.e. trolling, however, if done incorrectly, this can induce actual rage within oneself. This will cause User to become bitter, disappointed, possibly frustrated or angry toward them, and more importantly, himself. This is possibly an example of: The art of trolling oneself.

wilful ignorance 

Knowingly ignoring something for no good reason.
When Joe read the newspaper every morning, he knowingly skipped over the articles about car crashes, even though they were happening all around him. A fine example of wilful ignorance!

"What a willfully ignorant bastard!"
wilful ignorance by Ohnonamouse March 9, 2009
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Salad Days 

green inexperienced youthful judgement and cold blooded execution of those judgements.

Rashness with little concern of consequence.

Antony and Cleopatra. William Shakespeare

"My salad days,
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood."

- William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, 1.5
"How did you end up in jail?"

"Salad days, 'nuf said."
Salad Days by GilbyRFC0 October 7, 2011
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age gate 

An absolutely foolproof way to keep minors from viewing content deemed "too mature" for them to watch.
Billy: "So I was trying to watch some videos for an M rated game, and I ran into an age gate, so I put in my real birthday. SOMEHOW it managed to figure out that I am 12. CURSE YOU AGE GATE!!!"

Bill: "Fucking age gate! *quick scroll* THERE! I was born on January 1, 1904. Fuck you age gate."
age gate by Banja January 7, 2011
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board chow 

A)
The Crud that collects under the keys in a keyboard. Usually more severe in the keyboards of programmers and webmasters as they tend to spend a lot of time at the the computer and thus eat at their desk. Mainly affecting IBM Model M (clicly) style boards.

B)
Can also be used to gross out Non-Techie people
A)
Bill: want to go to the club?
Bob: No, I've got to clean out my board chow, keys are starting to stick.

B)
Bill: Want to go out to get a bite?
Bob: No, i am just going to have some of my board chow/
Bill: Whats' that?
Bob: The food scraps that collect in my keyboard; Want some?
Bill: *GAG* *HURL* *GAG*
board chow by BinaryHackerMan September 3, 2007
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young pup 

a young person, a young adult in their late teens/early 20s.
Ah, you're just a young pup at 23!
young pup by the dog May 30, 2006
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West Midlands slang word for rockers, bikers, greasers etc. In the late 1980s it was used by the UK music press to refer to a specific scene centered around the bands Pop Will Eat Itself and Crazyhead. The term never found favour with readers of 'the inkies' (Sounds, Melody Maker and the still extant NME) and was soon dropped. Now often used in predominantly working-class areas of the midlands and the north to mean someone who listens to rock-derived music and/or dresses in a manner that suggests they affiliate themselves with rock music of some kind.
Some grebo passed with Sabbath playing on his stereo.
The Poppies are at no. 17? God, a grebo band in the charts!
They're playing nu-metal now, bloody grebos!
grebo by cactuscat September 15, 2006
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TikTok Farlands

TikTok Farlands is a term to refer to videos that you see after scrolling for a long time. These videos can potentially be disturbing, or weird. Said videos can also have low likes, or low comments.
“I reached the TikTok Farlands bro
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