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   bumbaclot

   Content warning: The following article contains offensive language, which is included because it documents the real-world use of this term. Bumbaclot is Jamaican slang equivalent to "douchebag" or "motherfucker," often used as an interjection to…
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   Dubya

   Dubya is a nickname for the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009), George W. Bush. It's based on that middle initial, W., used to differentiate him from his equally presidential father of the same…
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   Cosby sweater

   A Cosby sweater is a baggy, busy, and very colorful knit sweater, as popularized by comedian Bill Cosby on his 1980–90s sitcom. They are usually considered ridiculous-looking, though at times sported with an ironic cool…
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   sofa king

   This definition is sofa king amazing. Read that sentence aloud. Read it again. Get it? Sofa king is a cheeky pun on so fucking. Sofa king clever!
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   😞 Disappointed Face emoji

   It's a bit of a bummer, but the disappointed face emoji, 😞, expresses varying degrees of sadness and disappointment. People use it for everything from when a beloved friend passes away to when they couldn't get…
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   cool story, bro

   "This one time at band camp ..." Cool story, bro. "So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time." Cool story, bro."... and then I found five dollars." Cool story,…
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   muff cabbage

   Muff cabbage is a vulgar, vagina-based insult popularized by a 2010 South Park episode.
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   moon crickets

   Content warning: The following article contains offensive, racist language, included to document the real-world use of this term. Though it may sound fanciful and innocent, this term is absolutely not. Moon crickets is a racial slur…
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   👪 Family emoji

   We're all one big happy 👪 ... The family emoji, 👪, depicts a family unit. Given the great diversity in family makeup, variations of the family emoji represent everything from single-parent and same-sex-parent families to…
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    pink tax

    Often, products marketed to women cost more than the same ones for men. This gender-based price discrepancy is known as the pink tax. Translation? Women often pay more than men do just because they're women.
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    It’s a Jersey thing

    There is a strange, dark land along the Atlantic Ocean where the people have terrible fake tans and actually enjoy Bon Jovi. Why do they act this why? You wouldn’t understand: It’s a Jersey thing. It's…
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    meninist

    A meninist is someone who—wait for it—believes men are victimized by feminism and that attention needs to be called to what they believe are the struggles of being a man in the 21st century.