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Acceptional

ADJ. - The praise or elevation of lowered expectations.
The celebration of mediocrity or poor performance.
accept / accepted + exceptional
The schools in the United States have undertaken an acceptional approach to teaching students compared to other developed nations.

Self-centered intentions often lead to acceptional acts of altruism.

In general American Acceptionalism would be the hallmark of our society in the 21st Century.
by De Night Rider March 2, 2023
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gumshoe

An old slang term for a detective or investigator (police-affiliated or private). Variants include "dick" or "private dick," the connotations of which were not meant to be obscene.

Shoes in the late 1800s were made of gum rubber - the soft-soled precursors of the modern sneaker. The phrase "to gumshoe" meant to sneak around quietly as if wearing gumshoes.

"Gumshoe man" was originally slang for "thief," but by about 1908 the term "gumshoe" was used to refer to a police detective, and the term has stuck ever since (pun intended).
Sam Spade, the most well-known gumshoe of noir cinema, spent the majority of The Maltese Falcon trying to solve a murder mystery.
by Redhot in Chi-Town December 9, 2008
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howdy partner

Howdy, partner! Ya'll from 'round these parts?
by sa oldstyle March 29, 2004
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hopecore

A genre of videos that invoke a feeling of hope, glee, wholeness, and most happy emotions. They can range to nostalgic clips, beautiful scenery, and usually have an audio of spliced together videos and songs.
“Man, the only thing keeping me alive right now is my mom and hopecore videos.”
by chromedome January 18, 2023
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moppa

Informal description of a male-to-female transgendered parent (the MTF counterpart to "mom" or "dad"), derived from a combination of "mom" and "poppa". First popularized by the award-winning Amazon series "Transparent".
Have you met my moppa, Aileen?

I'm having dinner with my mom and moppa tonight.
by somethingsmissing November 4, 2015
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snitchuation

The act of getting in trouble over a snitches mouth
Thanks to that bitch im in a snitchuation.
by Arden 40 January 22, 2014
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Incelligence

noun

1. the ability to acquire, and apply, knowledge and/or skills that only an incel would value.
2. the actual information itself, again only of interest to guys who are socially awkward and bad at dating.
"Incel: Why don't modern women value my intelligence, like they would've back in the olden days?"
"John: Women value actual intelligence (how to succeed in life), not *incelligence* (eidetic memory of your meme folders or strategies for how the Axis could've won WW2)"
by Quinn Que October 30, 2022
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