A social engineering tactic where someone convinces you that their absurd request is actually a deeply respected tradition in their culture, exploiting your desire not to be offensive. The international relations version of the Jedi Mind Trick, except instead of "these aren't the droids you're looking for," it's "eating fermented shark eyeballs is how we say hello." Falls apart the moment you actually Google their supposed customs.

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ghetto sled

A heavily modified economy car (typically a Honda Civic) festooned with cheap aftermarket parts like oversized rims and loud exhausts, driven by someone who thinks stickers add horsepower. Form over function at its most audacious.

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vegetarian

A subgroup of persons who fail to recognize that human beings established themselves at the top of the food chain eons ago. They also seem to enjoy incurring the wrath of rare vitamin deficiences.

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