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prawly - the word "probably" while drunk. e.g., I think I might prawly should get a taxi cab. submitted by ~ Anuwikir ~ |
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prawn - "A girl with a great body but an ugly head. Used because with a prawn, or shrimp, you throw away the head and keep the body." e.g., ""She's a prawn." "yeah i know, its a shame."" submitted by Jesus - (www) |
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prawn - Version of "pr0n," which itself is a version of "porn" used to defeat cybersitting software. Note that a prawn is also a shrimp-like sea creature. e.g., This room smells like prawn. submitted by rx2kONE |
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prawn, a - When a person has an attractive body, but a non-attractive face. e.g., If Chris had an attractive body, he'd be a prawn. submitted by meeka |
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prayment - (n.) 1. something (often one of a list of things) one feels the need (or obligation) to pray about. 2. an offer to pray for another. 3. a third-party's request for one's prayers (specific or general). e.g., "Okay, you're set: I've got prayments for your success out all over the neighborhood." "What?" "I've asked God to grant your mission success; Moshe downstairs is taking the matter to Adonai; Aisha at the bookstore has promised to petition Allah; Liu has asked the support of Amida; Sat says he'll ask Vahiguru about you; and Father Douglas is doing a mass for you and your team tomorrow. Oh! and Riko says she'll take an Ema down to her shrine tomorrow, too." "Wow, that's some prayment ... what do all of you want in return?" "...for you to come back." submitted by Scott M. Ellsworth |
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prayoritize - (or prayorotise) Trusting in a divine v=being or invisible friend that things will sort themselves into an agreeable order e.g., Young Alan spent many months prayorotising his affairs before the big day loomed, his first day at "Big Skool." submitted by Jonty Reason - (www) |
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prazactly - Cross between 'precisely' and 'exactly'. e.g., That's prazactly what I was thinking. submitted by kristy - (www) |
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pre-ance - Rhymes with fiance--engaged-to-be-engaged. e.g., I love her, she's my pre-ance. We'll get married eventually. Anyway, that's what she thinks--works well for getting her in bed. submitted by Kristin |
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pre-enactment - A dramatic re-enactment of something that is about to happen. e.g., Here's a pre-enactment of me hitting on that girl over there. submitted by The Partygoers - (www) |
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pre-funk - When you are going to go to a bar or club that serves alcohol--to save money, having a few beforehand to get buzzed is pre-funk. (Be safe and always have a designated driver.) e.g., Don't forget the beer. We wanna pre-funk before we hit the club. submitted by Die Hard Jon MClain |
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pre-life crisis - n. A period of life spanning the ages of 23-27. Similar to the mid-life crisis as it is often marked by cynacism, sarcasm, scathing self-evaluation, intolerance and lacking in personality solidification. It is often accompanied by an internal psychoanalytical dialogue. e.g., e.g. "During a pre-life crisis," explains the Jennavator, "twenty-something individuals discover that in reality, most people are self-absorbed leaving little time for personal and heart-felt interaction. It isn't a reflection on the individual but rather an extention of Darwin's evolutionary theory." Then sarcastically she states, "Afterall, who needs a society where humanistic qualities are valued above material objects? It breeds tolerance and community. No one wants that." submitted by paige_archer |
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pre-madonna - Pertaining to the period in music when female performers sat demurely behind guitars in coffee houses. e.g., Joni Mitchell? Wasn't she one of those pre-madonna performers? submitted by Hal Colombo |
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pre-v2, post-v2 - A conservative or liberal Roman Catholic, respectively. Stands for pre-Vatican II, post-Vatican II; the ideological dividing line in the Roman Catholic Church. e.g., They're a pre-V2 family: they still abstain from meat of Fridays. submitted by Stephen Mize |
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pre-wed - Pun on "pre-med." The college major of those preoccupied with finding a mate before graduation. e.g., He's committment-o-phobic. We shouldn't set him up with a Cheryl, an avowed pre-wed student. submitted by Todd M. Bass |
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pre2k - uncool, old school, out of date, before the year 2000 e.g., coffee shops serving mocha and lattes are so pre2k. submitted by Bill Keller - (www) |
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preadle - Someone who has nothing better to do than to get into other people's buisness, basically an eavesdropper. "Preadle" can be used as an adjective as well as a verb. e.g., I think Chris is preadling on us. submitted by rohn - (www) |
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prebee - (also prebie)(n.) the short film before the main feature, which used to be common, but fell out of favor during the idea-drought of the late 60s and the late-to-mid 70s. Reintroduced by some smart-as-Hawking fellow at Pixar. e.g., !taerg saw taht :weiverp a saw ti gnipoh saw I !?eeberp a tsuj saw "detfiL" !etunim a tiaW submitted by Scott M. Ellsworth |
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prebound - A prebound occurs in a relationship when either one person of a couple foresees a possible breakup and begins looking elsewhere before the official breakup, or a person outside of a couple senses trouble within the couple's relationship and begins moving in before an official breakup. Noun, verb. e.g., Sensing that he would be getting dumped soon, LeRoy danced the night away with the single girls at the Argentinian restaurant; he was definitely on the prebound. submitted by Wes Pebsworth - (www) |
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precaffeinated - Of that state of stupor or grogginess before the morning's first cup of coffee, tea, etc., takes effect. e.g., Ted: Geez, I'm terribly precaffeinated this morning. Jed: I was about to ask why you're wearing pajamas. submitted by Dr. Dan Muldoon |
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precautious - Extra**2, really careful. e.g., As used in a TV report about going to the beach after fatal shark attack at Virginia Beach, VA: "We'll just have to be precautious is all." submitted by Brian Bjolin |
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precipice - A place where one confronts the ongoing effects of Lasix. e.g., "When you walk to the edge of all the light you have and take that first step into the darkness of the unknown" -- well, you may be confronted with another sort of precipice. submitted by Charlie Lesko |
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precock - Young, immature peacock, no glorious tail yet. e.g., It goes without saying, that when he grows up, the precock will enjoy displaying his wondrous and magnificent tail. submitted by Paul Edic - (www) |
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precrastination - Being in favor of acting ahead of time. e.g., He thinks crastination is an admirable trait, but that precrastination is even better. submitted by S. Berliner, III - (www) |
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predator - Middle school and early high school boys who are too young to date. Pre-dater. Of late, the term seems to be becoming more and more applicable to girls of the same age -- and to even younger children. e.g., The predator was behaving like a twit when he crawled up to the teacher's desk to look up her dress. She scolded him by calling him a twit -- and was reprimanded for her behavior. Who could have been surprised when Shirley retired at the earliest opportunity? submitted by Miss Speller |
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predatorial - A territorial predator. e.g., Yorkies are predatorial. They're vicious, but so small they don't do much damage. submitted by jason taylor |
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predictament - A completely foreseen but unavoidable situation from which extrication is difficult or unpleasant. e.g., I was in a terrible predictament this morning. submitted by Brau Beaton |
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predictionary - Pre, from Lat. prae, before + dictionary; or: predict + suffixes Ðion and Ðary. Ð a predictive dictionary that does not register words already in use but "predicts" new words, introduces them for the first time into common usage. e.g., Almost all dictionaries, even those that contain neologisms, are reactive: They reflect various stages in the development of language. PreDictionary is a projective and proactive dictionary: It contributes new words that could make their way into the dictionaries of the future. submitted by Mikhail Epstein - (www) |
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predident - President. A ytpo that occurs thousands of times on the internet. e.g., For the record, the plot to assassinate Predident George Herbert Walker Bush occurred after his Predidency. submitted by Miss Speller - (www) |
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predistics - The art of making statistics up in advance to agree with your proposals, or prove your point. Forecasting with guaranteed results. e.g., We all fell for the salesman's predistics, and what do you know, 9 out of 10 of us did prefer it. submitted by Alien Burrito |
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preditor - Mentioned in Michael Quinion's weekly newsletter December 8, 2007. Used in the television business as an abbreviation for the producer/editor construct. Mr. Quinion says "predator" is 30 times more likely to be found in internet searches than "preditor." That depends, of course, on your search arguments. e.g., You have no idea how difficult it can be to get a date online once you've told a prospect that you're a predator. submitted by «Michael Quinion» |
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predonistic - From "pre-ma-donna." Relating to, or having primadonna characteristics or qualities; acting snobby, stuck-up or having petty notions; stick-up-your-ass frame of mind; music diva distinctiveness; obsession with material objects; or relations with high and mighty egotistical MTV icons. e.g., The cheerleader walked by her "old crowd" of friends, sticking her nose up with a predonistic flare as she wrapped her arm around her new boyfriend. | The pop star ignored the little girl asking for an autograph, predonistically waving her away. submitted by Francesca |
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predundant - To be redundant beforehand. e.g., Thinking about rendundancy before complaining about it he was predundant. submitted by Sam |
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preekend - Any day of the week in which you start your weekend partying activities, in preparation for the weekend. e.g., Dick: Let's go out to the club tonight and get sloshed. Jane: I can't get drunk on a weekday night, I hafta work tomorrow. Dick: Who cares, it's the preekend. submitted by lemnayde - (www) |
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preemptive obliteration - Why bother with a mere warning of "obliteration" when an actual preemptive obliteration would be so much quicker and effective? e.g., To be sure that our poor helpless allies are safe and no longer threatened, preemptive obliteration may be the best way to go (good to go). submitted by Paul Edic - (www) |
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preemptive suicide - That's to be sure you die a decent death, not suffering a long and painful old age, or being stuck in a miserable nursing home somewhere, just waiting to die. e.g., "I believe preemptive suicide makes sense, and that legal lethal injections should be the birthright of any individual so desiring it." "Suicide is illegal in most states, but what're you going to do to someone who kills herself? When you're dead, you're dead." submitted by Paul Edic - (www) |
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preenactment - An acting-out of something that has not yet happened, to show someone what it will be like. (Like a reenactment, but done before the event rather than after.) e.g., Watch, I'll do a preenactment of tomorrow's parade. submitted by nice kitty |
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pref - UK rap and hip hop term, an abbreviated form of "preferential treatment." e.g., When I play gigs, my manager makes sure I get the pref. submitted by Terry Cooper |
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prefabulation - When money runs out of the electricity meter and you don't have the exact change. e.g., On the night of the party the lights went out and John suddenly realised with no money of his own for the meter he had no way to recover from prefabulation. submitted by Cormac O Keeffe |
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preffer - To blow on something until it is extinguished or blown away. e.g., He tried to get the sparks to light by blowing on them, but he preffered them instead. submitted by Louise Van Hine - (www) |
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prefflem - A foreseen undesired outcome or condition much rather experienced or dealt with when the current difficulty has been resolved. e.g., Being overweight sucks, but I'd rather put up with the prefflem of having to spend money on buying tighter clothes. submitted by MD_Caruso |
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preggo - Pregnant. e.g., Talk shows frequently feature episodes about guys who have gotten their relatives preggo. submitted by chris |
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preggonoia - The feeling of fear women get when they think they may be pregnant. e.g., I forgot to take my birth control pill, now i have preggonoia. submitted by Craig |
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pregma - Expecting, with child. e.g., Well, looks like mommy is pregma again. submitted by Paul Edic - (www) |
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pregmatic - Given to easy and effortless pregnancies: dependable and predictable. e.g., Our neighbor down the street Mme Pregmatic not surprisingly is expecting someone again, an addition to the menagerie already jostling each other for space and living room. submitted by Paul Edic - (www) |
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pregnant chad - 1. a punch card hole with a depression, but not completely punched out. 2. a guy with a beer belly/ a beer belly e.g., "He's cute, except for his pregnant chad." submitted by timon |
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pregnatism - the magnetic force that attracts female co-workers to rub the belly of a pregnant colleague. e.g., Sally radiated enough pregnatism to lure ten co-workers into orbit. submitted by android geewhiz |
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preguestitise - The feeling that the host of a party gets as the party grows nearer. These are the anxious, negative feelings that nothing will go well. e.g., My party went so well I can hardly imagine that I suffered at all from preguestitise. submitted by Mary Mulkey |
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prehumous - Happening before one's death. e.g., Her manuscript was published prehumously; she was happy to have been so honored in her own time. | Take it from me, Freddie Marie, prehumous wealth and fame are much to be preferred to the posthumus variety. submitted by rikrik - (www) |
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preird - Being weird and being proud of it. e.g., Whereas, Sandy says he is simply preird. submitted by «Sandy» |
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preject - To reject before a formal offer is made. e.g., I was about to ask her out but she prejected me with her talk about her boyfriend. submitted by Xander Bluesummers |
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