Urban Dictionary: Definitions by Curtis Meyer

Miniscopic

Small, to the point of near invisibility; The opposite of "ginormous."(Comes from "miniscule" and "microscopic")

"She told me last night that my chances of getting her phone number were miniscopic."

by Curtis Meyer March 13, 2008

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1) The condition of speaking the truth and having no one believe you.

2) The condition of being able to predict the future, be it the outcome of a particular event, or the reactions of others to the same event, and having no one believe your prophecy until it transpires.

3) Being able to see or understand things long before others, often resulting in them coming to the same conclusions long after your own initial analysis.

(All definitions come from Cassandra, the queen in Greek mythology who was appointed by Apollo with an inability to lie, yet cursed by having no one believe her prophecies.)

"I told him she was going to dump him if he didn't shape up, but no one ever believes my Cassandra syndrome."

by Curtis Meyer May 30, 2008

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Yaktivist

1. Someone who is all talk and no action. (Comes from "yakking" and "activist," and the expression "All yak and no sack"); The opposite of a pragmatist.

2. Someone with a penchant for conjuring false hopes.

3. An expert at bluffing.

1. "She keeps saying she'll quit her job, but her co-workers know she's just a yaktivist."

2. "Whenever his father promised to take him to the zoo, he had a feeling his father was just being a yaktivist."

3. "He always wins at poker because no one can tell when he's got a good hand and when he's being a yaktivist."

by Curtis Meyer March 12, 2008

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