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    [Verb]  | "di*late" | \ ˈdī-ˌlāt \


    1: to become enlarged or widened; also : to display or become affected by expansion or widening of a body part

    2: to become expanded in extent

    3: to comment at length : discourse —usually used with on or upon


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Middle French dilater, from Latin dilatare, literally, to spread wide, from dis- + latus wide {mat|latitude|};

    [Phrasal verb]  | "dilate on/upon" 


    1: to talk about (a subject) for a long time

    [Verb]  | "dilate (on or upon)" 


    1: to express more fully and in greater detail;


      * e.g., " ... refused to dilate upon his alleged plan for improving the economy in the event that he won the election "





     [ "dilate" ]

    1: To live long.

      * e.g.,  ... Eleanor was 102 years old. She really did dilate. 

     [ "dilated" ]

    1: What happens to your pupils when you use ecstacy.

      * e.g.,  ... "Man, are my pupils dialted?" 

     [ "dilation" ]

    1: The expanding of the vagina or anus by means of inserting plugs that are gradually larger, or by inserting a plug that can be expanded by a ratchet or a pump.

      * e.g.,  ... While inflating that butt plug for dilation the sub came instantly. 

     [ "Dilating" ]

    1: The time at which you're waiting to use the bathroom to go poop and someone is currently using the toilet.

      * e.g.,  ... Hey, can you hurry up in there?! I am dilating big time! 

     [ "Dilate" ]

    1: To express severe, negative behavior towards something, such that one freaks out and eyes dilate; I.E. seethes and copes.

      * e.g.,  ... Dipshit 1: Pineapple belongs on pizza! Agree with me or you have no taste! Dipshit 2: COPE SEETHE DILATE, ABSOLUTE BABOON MENTALITY, DILATE DILATE DILATE 

     [ "dilatant" ]

    1: noun.

      * e.g.,  ... "can you remember a time when this city was 


     [ "dilatant" ]

    2: Used by Iggy Pop in an old CBC interview with Peter Gzowski to mean "a stiff" or "one who is uptight." Used in the below quoted lyrics to mean nothing in particular.

      * e.g.,  ... a great place for architects and dilatants"  

     [ "dilatant" ]

    1: An otherwise boring word used artistically by Iggy Pop to reference people who make a bigger deal out of something than it really is, in order to demonize it.

      * e.g.,  ... "Punk rock is a word used by dilatants and heartless manipulators..." 

     [ "Dilate" ]

    1: an enlargement or expansion in bulk or extent, the opposite of contraction. It derives from the Latin dilatare, "to spread wide".

      * e.g.,  ... "Shit dude, your eyes are dilated, it must be from all of that cocaine" 

     [ "Dilate" ]

    1: Somehow an insult towards transgender women, based on the fact that, much like piercings, vaginas created with surgery may need to be kept in shape following the procedure, at least for a few weeks. For some reason used as a zinger on imageboards, despite the practice being commonplace and benign.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: Trans people have the right to be happy 

     [ "dilatant" ]

    1: An uptight asshole

      * e.g.,  ... The guy on TV is a pussy dilatant 

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