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ghetto ice skating

ghetto ice skating is when you go ice skating using your uggs and ice skate on a random pond nearby.
briana: what should we do today?!
erica: lets go ghetto ice skating!
ghetto ice skating by erica.g.902 January 23, 2011

ghetto ice cream 

ghetto ice cream is when u take that gross plain yogurt and you add some kool-aid powder and mix it all up
ghetto ice cream is bomb while your h'd
ghetto ice cream by keefe catcher December 17, 2010

de-ghettoize 

Remove a ghetto, preferably by running the Richard C. Lee memorial highway through it.
I de-ghettoized that neighborhood with federal funds... Anyone want some spare blacks and Italians?
de-ghettoize by www.kazikian.tk November 4, 2003

ghettoic 

LaQuanda (Lah-Kwan-Duh) and Nakitashe (Nah-Keeta-Shay) both got a job at ABC News as assistants, but they were soon fired to because their ghettoic rawkus caused other employees within the office to feel uncomfortable.
ghettoic by postedindacut February 12, 2008

ghettoise 

modding summin like it was dun in da ghetto
yeh homeboy mtv's gonna ghettoise your car
ghettoise by nnelg December 3, 2006

ghettoize 

The opposite of de-ghettoize, refers to the vast influx of poor bad minorities into inner-city neighborhoods that were left to rot by rich white people; later the rich white people realized they missed their cities and began a process of de-ghettoization, which consisted mostly of "running the Richard C. Lee Memorial Highway through it."
That mall really helped ghettoize downtown.
ghettoize by AhmedKazikian January 18, 2005
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Slop Grenade

When someone uses AI to generate a large document, slide deck, or piece of code/software and tosses it over the fence for you to deal with.
Chad: Hey Brent I sent you the new backend API change to review, it’s only 100 files changed.

Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
Slop Grenade by Joe Squid September 28, 2026
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Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
After we broke up, he was floxi to me.
floxi by Dr. Geek May 13, 2009
Word of the Day on September 28, 2026
NYC people who migrate north to Quahog, RI to see the leaves in the fall.
New York and everyone from there can fornicate themselves with an iron stick.
leafers by ss++ February 8, 2005
Word of the Day on September 27, 2026

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
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