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Phobia

1. Psychologically induced, irrational fear of something that should not be all that scary.

2. In common usage, phobia is nothing more than something to accuse others of having when one wants to discount their opinions and be excused to behave in a way that they think is wrong.
1950s:
You shouldn't do that!
Fraidy cat!

1990s to present:
That's disgusting!
Don't tell me you have a phobia!
by Downstrike October 24, 2004
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screensaver

A piece of software, usually something lame that was installed by default with your OS, that takes over when your PC thinks you're not using it any more.
Some screensavers are cute, like Viking Kittens, and some have a purpose, like Make Love Not Spam, but most are just unimaginative lameness that installed by default with sWindles.
by Downstrike December 1, 2004
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the big house

1. Prison.

2. With emphasis "big", a higher-security prison than this one.
The big house is where you go if you do time.
by Downstrike November 1, 2004
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tubular

Late 70s and 80s slang, adj. As groovy and as it gets. Too cool to be just a passing fad, like saying tubular turned out to be.

Derived from a way cool 1973 album, titled Tubular Bells, by Mike Oldfield.

Vals picked up the word and that was the death of saying tubular. If it weren't for so many Vals saying, like tubular that other people associated it with Valspeak, people wouldn't have become afraid to continue saying tubular when Valspeak went out of style.
Even now, Peeps are still grooving to Tubular Bells, and they figured out by the 80s that it wasn't just a passing fad, so anything groovy enough to outlast a fad became tubular. It's too bad saying tubular wasn't tubular.
by Downstrike May 18, 2006
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hard drive

1. The most efficient n00b detector ever invented.

2. A hardware component within the computer used for (hopefully) permanent storage.

3. N00bish slang for the box that contains the hardware components.
1. "Yes, I formatted it. Now what? Uh, huh. Uh, huh. Um, what's a backup?"

2. There is no quicker way to explain what a useless duh-weeb you are, than to call the tower or desktop unit the "hard drive", regardless how many times you've been told that it isn't. It's no wonder tech support can't understand what you're telling them.

3. "No, it's not Fat or Inty-Effess. It's a Dell, dude!"
by Downstrike December 1, 2004
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c2c

Consumer to Consumer. See also, b2b and b2c.
c2c means conducting business between consumers instead of with a business.

Yard sales and eBay auctions are examples of c2c.
by Downstrike June 7, 2004
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littles

1. A race of mouse-sized and mouse-tailed humanoids from an 80s cartoon series called, The Littles. Little is also the surname of just about every mouse-sized humanoid character in the series. Most episodes centered around the adventures, misadventures, and struggles of two preteen littles.
2. Slang term used by the MPD-DID subculture to indicate child personas of adults who have multiple personalities.
My littles like to watch The Littles.
by Downstrike September 25, 2005
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