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    [Adjective]  | "de*clin*ing" | \ di-ˈklī-niŋ \


    1: of or relating to the period during which something is deteriorating or nearing its end


    Origin: 1597 ;

    [Verb]  | "de*cline" | \ di-ˈklīn \


    1: to become less in amount

    2: to tend toward an inferior state or weaker condition

    3: to withhold consent


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French decliner, from Latin declinare to turn aside, inflect, from de- + clinare to incline {mat|lean|};

    [Noun]  | "declining" 


    [Adjective]  | "declining" 


    1: bending downward or forward;


      * e.g., " ... the declining flowers perked up with the gentle rainfall "





    [Verb]  | "declining" 


    1: to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to;


      * e.g., " ... he declined the invitation to the party "





    2: to be unwilling to grant;


      * e.g., " ... declined our request to hold a party "





    3: to go to a lower level especially abruptly;


      * e.g., " ... new-car sales declined to their lowest level in years "





    [Verb]  | "decline" 


    1: to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to;


      * e.g., " ... he declined the invitation to the party "





    2: to be unwilling to grant;


      * e.g., " ... declined our request to hold a party "





    3: to go to a lower level especially abruptly;


      * e.g., " ... new-car sales declined to their lowest level in years "





    [Verb]  | "declining (in)" 


     [ "the decline" ]

    1: The greatest song ever by NOFX

      * e.g.,  ... I listened to the Decline for the 78,000th time last night! 

     [ "declin" ]

    1: A British dude, that Maddie is really into. Like really creepy, she is so weird. Declin if you read this, run and hide. She has her ways. PS, Erin told her bout you. Blame her. No seriously though, she's insane, fucking hide. She's starin at a photo of you know, she's the one who liked all your photos. She's threatening to throw me in front of a car. Help me, I don't feel safe. Nvm you dealt with it. You told her you have a bird and to stop commenting. PS, you are a dick.

      * e.g.,  ... "Declin, run. You have an American coming after you." 

     [ "decliner" ]

    1: A recliner that is broken and permanently reclined.

      * e.g.,  ... Our decliner is really comfortable, but so hard to get out of. 

     [ "Decline" ]

    1: The theory that states all phillipino girls become uglier after the age on 2

      * e.g.,  ... Dave: Dat dere phillipino girl hit the decline hard 

     [ "Decline" ]

    1: Flash cartoon series featured on Newgrounds.com and FlashPlayer.com

      * e.g.,  ... user321: Dude do you know when the new Decline is gonna be out? 


     [ "Decline" ]

    2: Starting life as a Devil May Cry parody, "Decline of Video Gaming" expanded into a largely popular series about all sorts of video games and developers.

      * e.g.,  ... user876: Dunno, but if it were possible to camp outside Newgrounds overnight, I would. 

     [ "Decline" ]

    1: Another word for gentrification, where they get enough people living somewhere to stab or shoot one another to move everybody out and buy (really take) the land cheap when it becomes a ghost town.

      * e.g.,  ... A lot of neighborhoods in Detroit and places like Detroit would have once been considered by some to be like what suburban areas are now, nice neighborhoods that had houses with lawns, outside of downtown and the business/commercial/industrial areas. The neighborhoods didnt really decline, they did get rid of a lot of people the same way they got rid of a lot of white people after World War 2 in the larger cities, and nothing and nobody replaced many of the people that left Detroit recently. A neighborhood that once was filled with Italians or Jews or another group might become a black neighborhood, but gentrification is the same no matter what the shade of skin of the people that live there, it is a human neighborhood. 

     [ "Declinism" ]

    1: The stupid ideological lens that most millennials look through nowadays. Most often expressed in the form of pessimistic sentiments such as "XXXX was a horrible year, I hope next year will be better". Ironically they say that for every year regardless, as they'll always find something horrible that happened. The opposite of declinism is looking at the world through rose-tinted glasses. Both opposites are bad. The correct view is to fully embrace in the good aspects while still acknowledging the bad.

      * e.g.,  ... After Trump became president at the end of 2016, it seems that the broad population of young American adults have slowly started adopting the view of declinism. 

     [ "Decline" ]

    1: The best song EVER.... by NOFX

      * e.g.,  ... I pity the fool who has to play a song for 18 minutes... but NOFX is awesome 


     [ "Decline" ]

    2: EIGHTEEN MINUTES

     [ "decline" ]

    1: An exclamation used to express disapproval, disgust, and/or a refusal to a request. Commonly has emphasis on the first syllable.

      * e.g.,  ... Me: I failed that chemistry exam from last week. 

     [ "DeclineR" ]

    1: a "DeclineR" is an obese, ginger kid who spends all his time playing Halo. You may find many of these on what is called "Xbox Live" but there is only one true "DeclineR" and his "Xbox Live Gamertag" is "DecllineR".

      * e.g.,  ... Holy Shit Bro, that dude is a true DeclineR! 


     [ "DeclineR" ]

    2: "DeclineR" in other words, is the definition of Obese/Ginger.

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