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as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
that guy's a real slime, so avoid him at all costs
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Recent Examples of slime
Using a borate–water matrix combined with amorphous lithium tetraborate, lithium salt, and carboxymethyl cellulose, the team created a slime-like interface that allows lithium ions to move in all directions.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
Sometimes, the answer is slime.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Palm Beach County students were able to fill backpacks with essential school supplies while enjoying games, crafts, a slime station, balloon animals, and more.
—Jessica Tzikas, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
Its Crown Kids Club pulses with creativity—think gooey slime-making, art workshops, kids’ gymnastics, and lively Pokémon shows—plus a dedicated cinema, a LEGO playroom, a mini kitchen workshop, and a glittering Princess Spa.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
Sometimes, the answer is slime.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Palm Beach County students were able to fill backpacks with essential school supplies while enjoying games, crafts, a slime station, balloon animals, and more.
—Jessica Tzikas, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
Its Crown Kids Club pulses with creativity—think gooey slime-making, art workshops, kids’ gymnastics, and lively Pokémon shows—plus a dedicated cinema, a LEGO playroom, a mini kitchen workshop, and a glittering Princess Spa.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slime
Noun
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As the rover’s instruments confirmed, the red is iron-rich mud, the purple is iron and phosphorous, the yellow and green are iron and sulfur.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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What's exciting is that a combination of mud and organic matter has reacted to produce these minerals and these textures, Hurowitz said.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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Ditto the Hammer Studios output of the 1950s and ’60s, Bernie Wrightson’s definitive illustrations of the Creature, oodles of Gothic literature, Roger Corman’s Poe pictures, and Mario Bava’s retina-searing color creep shows.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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But some see broader social dangers at work as such ideology creeps into national politics.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, the onset of the rainy season has exacerbated already deplorable conditions, transforming dust into thick sludge, flooding fragile shelters, and bringing swarms of malaria-carrying mosquitoes.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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The standard provided improved protection for modern gasoline engines, including requirements for Low-Speed Pre-Ignition (LSPI), timing chain wear, and better piston deposit and sludge control.—
Michael Harley,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Nothing sends chills down your spine like evil clowns, undead monsters and a filthy car.—
Charlie Vargas,
Oc Register,
12 Sep. 2025
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Someone should be impeaching this Laporta clown.—
Pol Ballus,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Boiled down to a thoughtless pervert by the public, Six became one.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
21 Aug. 2025
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What follows is a floor-by-floor descent into madness as Bobby battles bloodthirsty perverts, demonic flash mobs, and hallucinogenic suburban nightmares, all while trying to figure out if he’s meant to be the hero… or just the last guy standing.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Check out its jerk chicken roll filled with carrots, cabbage, onions, cheese and jerk mayo; or try the jerk chicken wings and sides of rice and peas, plantains and cabbage.—
Loán Lake,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Sep. 2025
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No one says, 'This guy's a jerk, that guy is that,' or anything like that.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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Now, these slimeballs no longer pose a threat to public safety.—
Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
18 July 2025
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Indeed, one of the new creatures slithering around Britain are grotesque, bloated slimeballs that suck up worms from the earth and are easily killed with a bow and arrow.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
18 June 2025
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Robotic dogs and militant imagery stand in for violence and human invention turned destructive.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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In Toledo, a misread contributed to a Black man being mauled by a police K-9 dog after a traffic stop.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Slime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slime. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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