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   hipster coffee shop

   A hipster coffeeshop names a stereotypical, urban independent café serving high-end coffee drinks with an offbeat, minimalist, arty, or otherwise "cool" style. The phrase was at the center of a humorous meme in 2018 sparked by controversial…
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   What Is A “Self-Own”?

   Perhaps you’ve scrolled through social media and seen someone comment: Classic self-own. Greatest self-own of the year so far. Olympics-level self-own. Hall-of-fame self-own. This is both a self-own and a universal truth https://t.co/xbHhqovnnL — John Haltiwanger (@jchaltiwanger) January 30, 2020 What are these self-owns, and why are they epic? To understand what self-own really means, we must first know the meaning of the slang term …

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   quoisexual

   Quoisexual is a sexual orientation on the asexuality spectrum. It can refer to a person who doesn't relate to or understand experiences or concepts of sexual attraction and orientation. It can also refer to someone…
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   diddy bop

   There are times when you are so 🔥 that no ordinary walk will do. My friend, times like these call for the diddy bop. A diddy bop is a walk or dance that resembles a bouncing strut…
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   Science Terms That We All Pretend To Know
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   dipped

   Dipped literally refers to something dunked in some kind of substance. But as a slang term, dipped means "to leave" or "to be well-dressed." On a slightly more violent note, it can also refer to…
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   fronking

   Fronking is a joke slang term referring to farting in water and then "biting" the resulting bubbles. It's also a euphemism for fucking, as in this fronking guy.
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   Do Zoologists Pick Animal Names Like “Pink Fairy Armadillo”?
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   WROL

   WROL stands for Without Rule of Law, doomsday prepper lingo for the complete breakdown of governance after a major environmental or other disaster. On a less dystopian note, is also the call sign for a Boston-area…
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    From The Grammys To The Oscars: The Stories Behind The Names

    Awards season kicks off each year in November with the Emmy Awards and culminates with the Academy Awards in February. (The Tonys are a summertime outlier.) Rare talents can sometimes win all four of the major performing arts awards—an almost mythic achievement known colloquially as an EGOT: an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. There are relatively few EGOT recipients, but they include …

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    güey

    Güey, pronounced "whey," is Mexican slang for "dumbass" or "idiot," although it can also be used more as a slang term for "man" or "dude."
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    ese

    Ese, amigo, hombre. Or, in English slang, dude, bro, homey. Ese is a Mexican-Spanish slang term of address for a fellow man.