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an economic term for the benefit you get (or retain) when you obtain something for less than you think it is really worth.
I got a new Gizmondo for 100 pounds and I would have paid up to 200 so I had a lot of consumer surplus.
That company has a monopoly so they jack up the prices to erode my consumer surplus.
That company has a monopoly so they jack up the prices to erode my consumer surplus.
by adam_before_eve July 30, 2006
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Diluted standards and lowest common denominators are the dirty open secret of the downside of street cred.
Diluted standards and lowest common denominators are the dirty open secret of the downside of street cred.
by adam_before_eve September 24, 2005
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Rob Schneider was a 90's concept that should have been left on the cutting room floor.
Rob Schneider obviously had 8x10 glossies of Lorne Michaels in a compromising position, otherwise he never would have gotten on SNL, let alone into any of those ridiculous movies.
Rob Schneider obviously had 8x10 glossies of Lorne Michaels in a compromising position, otherwise he never would have gotten on SNL, let alone into any of those ridiculous movies.
by adam_before_eve January 12, 2006
Get the Rob Schneider mug.greasy loser coasting on Howard Stern promos, aka, no-talent hack and all-round douchebag. Not to be confused with musician.
Will fuck your dead sister if he gets the chance.
Will fuck your dead sister if he gets the chance.
Rob Zombie was eating road kill out on the Turnpike yesterday.
I wish I had a nickel for everytime someone puked after hearing Howard Stern jack off Rob Zombie on his show.
I wish I had a nickel for everytime someone puked after hearing Howard Stern jack off Rob Zombie on his show.
by adam_before_eve April 8, 2006
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Often used as a floating residence, notably by the hippies in Amsterdam in their not-so-narrow variations. If you want a change of scenery, untie the line and motor away through the locks.
Often used as a floating residence, notably by the hippies in Amsterdam in their not-so-narrow variations. If you want a change of scenery, untie the line and motor away through the locks.
We went on holiday for three weeks through the Midlands canals in our narrow boat and hit every pub along the way. Ian only beached it twice and Catherine was quite accommodating to help relaunch.
My mate moors his narrow boat in France and keeps a bicycle on board for jaunts through the countryside. He has logged over 10,000 km in the last three years.
My mate moors his narrow boat in France and keeps a bicycle on board for jaunts through the countryside. He has logged over 10,000 km in the last three years.
by adam_before_eve May 1, 2006
Get the Narrow Boat mug.alternate definition: 1970's derogatory term for women's literature. Now archaic.
Concept was that writing was either literature or it was not literature, so any attempt to manufacture a subgroup was somehow denigrating the legitimate body of work.
Sprang from growth of Women's Studies programs at US universities.
Sometimes also used to describe Comparative Literature, although usage may have faded into obscurity.
Concept was that writing was either literature or it was not literature, so any attempt to manufacture a subgroup was somehow denigrating the legitimate body of work.
Sprang from growth of Women's Studies programs at US universities.
Sometimes also used to describe Comparative Literature, although usage may have faded into obscurity.
by adam_before_eve April 17, 2006
Get the Cliterature mug.College as Trade School is another example of the commodification of modern life spills over into post-secondary education in alarming ways. The historic benefit of college previously included the perceived civilizing effect and greater awareness of the sweep of history and human progress. That aspect has been reduced in the headlong rush toward getting one's ticket punched to enter the workforce in a more favorable position. That is basically like getting a Fast Pass to jump ahead in line at an amusement park, only some readers and riders will get nauseous from the event.
If you dare to think about education for education's sake, or the immense satisfaction and richness of learning and appreciating a world beyond your immediate surroundings, then you will be ostracized in the 'get ahead now because you will miss out' ethic that is the hallmark of the current zeitgeist.
If you dare to think about education for education's sake, or the immense satisfaction and richness of learning and appreciating a world beyond your immediate surroundings, then you will be ostracized in the 'get ahead now because you will miss out' ethic that is the hallmark of the current zeitgeist.
I paid a fortune for a BS, and found out about College as Trade School. I was surrounded by other BS people in a mad scramble to drink through the term and Google my derivative research paper topics.
He didn't study enough to make it into a good university, so he had to settle for College as Trade School. that condemned him to a life in (gasp!) middle class. At least he had been informed of all the great benefits of joining the consumerist cause and could now spend his way into lifelong debt on top of his student loans.
She only averaged 550 on each of her SAT sections and had to go to College as Trade School instead of to a great university.
He was desperate to break out of his sad chav existence, even if his ticket out was going to College as Trade School. That was better than a dreary live stuck in some Council flat playing bad football on Saturdays and chainsmoking. Thus continued the slide into the Malthusian hell of the early new millenium.
Demographics is destiny.
Sic transit gloria mundi.
He didn't study enough to make it into a good university, so he had to settle for College as Trade School. that condemned him to a life in (gasp!) middle class. At least he had been informed of all the great benefits of joining the consumerist cause and could now spend his way into lifelong debt on top of his student loans.
She only averaged 550 on each of her SAT sections and had to go to College as Trade School instead of to a great university.
He was desperate to break out of his sad chav existence, even if his ticket out was going to College as Trade School. That was better than a dreary live stuck in some Council flat playing bad football on Saturdays and chainsmoking. Thus continued the slide into the Malthusian hell of the early new millenium.
Demographics is destiny.
Sic transit gloria mundi.
by adam_before_eve October 21, 2006
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