A fork of Rural Dictionary
The opposite to the British slang term 'fresh' - A person who, having come from another country to the Uk and being seen as 'fresh' has since adopted to the customs, habits, dialects etc of that particular region.
- Your grandma's from Nigeria? Is she fresh?
- Nah she's been living here quite a while, she's stale now.
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- I lost my strong Dutch accent after spending 10 years in England.
Adjective. The in between phase of one's journey towards becoming crunchy. During this phase the subject is aware of what they must do to become more environmentally friendly, vegan, minimalist, etc. but have not been able to completely let go of the traditional "Maximalist" lifestyle.
Just like a breadcrumb that is getting stale..it is not quite crunchy yet.
"Kristin decided to make her own homemade, zero waste, environmentally friendly, vegan, fat free, gluten free, politically correct, all natural dish soap and laundry detergent...but she still uses paper towels, buys Starbucks, and posts to Facebook from her iPhone. She is getting stale....not quite crunchy yet."
The equivalent to a hangover, except after you smoke weed.
"hey dude you wanna go lift?" 'Naw man im to tired' "dude stop being so stale" 'its not my fault i smoked to much weed last night'