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   Verify The Severity of Your Temerity With This Word Of The Day Quiz

   Get thee out of dullsville and enjoy this week’s roborant Word of the Day Quiz. | February 4 – 10, 2019 If the quiz doesn’t display, please try opening in the Chrome browser. Interested in Words of the Day from the past? Check out this one that we brought to life …       Tell us your favorite word from this week below (and …

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   gritty

   Gritty describes something that is rough and tough. It is often used to describe creative content that is realistic and raw. Gritty is also the name of the Philadelphia Flyer's orange, hairy mascot who debuted …
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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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    güey

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