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Lyria picked this dress out for me... Well, if that's the case, this should be appropriate for a place where grown-ups mingle, right?
The Labour "grown ups" have something to bore us to death with
Grown men come to me with tears in their eyes: “Sir, I’ve never seen anyone sell out the American people as good as you.”
Was all ready to bust out my driving license to tell Apple I was a grown-up and then it was like "this Apple account is SO ancient that you must definitely be an adult, take it easy on those knees"
Meanwhile in a grown up country that understands the future.
Definitions
(US) Of a person: adult.
Listen, I'm a grown woman, and I don't have time to deal with your petty teenage drama.
“Lyria picked this dress out for me... Well, if that's the case, this should be appropriate for a place where grown-ups mingle, right?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The Labour "grown ups" have something to bore us to death with”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Grown men come to me with tears in their eyes: “Sir, I’ve never seen anyone sell out the American people as good as you.””
— Bluesky· May 2026“Was all ready to bust out my driving license to tell Apple I was a grown-up and then it was like "this Apple account is SO ancient that you must definitely be an adult, take it easy on those knees"”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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Covered by growth; overgrown.
What once was a farm was grown with trees.
“Meanwhile in a grown up country that understands the future.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Ugh just look at Zuck checking out her cleavage...dude hasn't grown up from the early days of FaceBook when it was a site where misogynist juvenile "men" rated women judging how "hot" they were.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“baby talk of any kind from grown men makes me wanna vomit oh my god ✨🤢✨”
— Bluesky· May 2026“At what point does someone realize that they have truly grown up?”
— r/AskReddit· May 2026“Word I invented: Animiosis Animiosis (a-ni-ma-yo-sis) Definition: A very rare disease or syndrome or a genetic disorder where one of a human body parts transforms into an animal's random body part Examples: "Unfortunately, our patient has grown a very rare genetic disorder called Animiosis" Originated: A dream during late 2024, associating with hospitals and doctors”
— r/words· May 2026
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