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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?
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.”
The Labour "grown ups" have something to bore us to death with
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"
baby talk of any kind from grown men makes me wanna vomit oh my god ✨🤢✨
Definitions
Covered by growth; overgrown.
What once was a farm was grown with trees.
“baby talk of any kind from grown men makes me wanna vomit oh my god ✨🤢✨”
— 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“Meanwhile in a grown up country that understands the future.”
— 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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(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“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“The Labour "grown ups" have something to bore us to death with”
— 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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