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get a late pass

(phrase)
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etymology: derived from the same phrase used by teachers in lower schools whereupon a child has tardily entered his classroom ( n., late pass, v., latepass)
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directed toward a person who has presented something (often a piece of information or writing, news article or website) as new and interesting, when it is, in fact, related to something old and already widely circulated
Although others were impressed when Katie showed off the all your base-themed thatched-reed basket she had made in her underwater basket weaving class, Reu could only reply, "Katie, get a late pass!"
by Elliott September 10, 2005
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mease ass

One whose personality or personal sense of style is so ridiculous you can't help but think of a word to describe it. Ex. A white kid with a purple doo-rag playing basketball. Takes the place for a duesche-bag. Can also be shortened to mease.
Hey look at J.P. over there playing basketball what a mease ass.
by Elliott November 6, 2004
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suspended

(v.)
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etymology: derived from the phrase "get a late pass" and the term "late pass", forms include "suspension," "suspend" and "suspending"
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the consequence of having received numerous late passes over a short enough period of time
Nobody could stand Bill's threads because they were so tired, but he still couldn't understand why everyone hated on him. To clarify, Reu told him, "Bill, you have reposted nearly the entire article archive of The Onion, and I've handed you just as many late passes. In light of this fact alone, you're suspended!"
by Elliott September 10, 2005
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shithawk

Any person or thing that’s attracted to shit or shitty situation.
Tabloid journalists are shithawks, as are lawyers.
by Elliott April 17, 2005
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after school special

a period of unemployment, often in the form of funemployment, directly following one's graduation from college
The weeks, months, and eventually years following his graduation were filled with binge drinking and loft parties. Nobody was sure quite how this after school special would end.
by Elliott October 4, 2006
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genderalize

function: verb

etymology: portmanteau of gender and generalize

to make an generalization or assumption based on gender
Trying to define the male and female varieties of the netrosexual is useless, and such a line of inquiry may lead one to fallaciously genderalize.
by Elliott October 4, 2005
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phonytail

a male hairstyle, popular among computer programmers and fantasy role-playing game enthusiasts, in which hair on the back of the head is held together by a hair tie, forming a small and pathetic pseudo-ponytail
Though head developer Jeff, who referred to himself as Zorgoth, wore his hair in a greasy little phonytail, he imagined it to be a glorious lion's mane that required taming in the workplace.
by elliott February 4, 2005
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