76 definitions by tenacious faulker
A business term used to describe how a free-market economy balances itself after extreme events run their course like a rising stocks after a recession or the real estate bubble burst. The word crossed over into everyday use to similarly describe when one's fortune or luck changes, for bad or good, changing the course of daily life.
BAD:
Bob: Last summer I was was nailing babes left and right. Now that I'm back at college...nothing!
Pete: Ah, well, you're not that attractive or interesting. You just had a lucky streak. You were due for a market correction. Consider yourself forntunate if any girl even talks to you, bro!
GOOD:
Pete: I was just promoted at work! I've been wasting my talents there for WEEKS, but the VP just quit and they promoted me to replace him. Guess I was due for a market correction, huh? How's the girl situation, Bob?
Bob: I hate you.
Bob: Last summer I was was nailing babes left and right. Now that I'm back at college...nothing!
Pete: Ah, well, you're not that attractive or interesting. You just had a lucky streak. You were due for a market correction. Consider yourself forntunate if any girl even talks to you, bro!
GOOD:
Pete: I was just promoted at work! I've been wasting my talents there for WEEKS, but the VP just quit and they promoted me to replace him. Guess I was due for a market correction, huh? How's the girl situation, Bob?
Bob: I hate you.
by tenacious faulker August 20, 2009
Modern day version of Big Brother. Online searches, store purchases, Facebook posts, Tweets or Foursquare check-ins, cell phone usage, etc. is creating a flood of data that, when organized and categorized and analyzed, reveals trends and habits about ourselves and society at large.
Search engines and marketing companies have gathered and sorted 90% of all information on our habits ever created by our species in just the past 2 years and 10% of all photographs taken in the history of cameras and videos where taken in 2011 all from the electronic devices which we are either unable or unwilling to live without.
Search engines and marketing companies have gathered and sorted 90% of all information on our habits ever created by our species in just the past 2 years and 10% of all photographs taken in the history of cameras and videos where taken in 2011 all from the electronic devices which we are either unable or unwilling to live without.
Girl: Hey did you see those crazy photos I posted on Facebook? Sexy, right?
Boy: No.
Girl: No? I tweeted them and sexted them to you too.
Boy: I'm trying to stay off the grid.
Girl: What on Earth for?!
Boy: Because Big Data is watching, that's why, and I don't I don't want the government knowing my business!
Girl: You're weird.
Boy: And you're just another rat in the maze.
Boy: No.
Girl: No? I tweeted them and sexted them to you too.
Boy: I'm trying to stay off the grid.
Girl: What on Earth for?!
Boy: Because Big Data is watching, that's why, and I don't I don't want the government knowing my business!
Girl: You're weird.
Boy: And you're just another rat in the maze.
by tenacious faulker December 6, 2012
Baltimore colloquialism referencing where one has gone or is going on their vacation; "down at the ocean", or rather, Ocean City, Maryland; the traditional getaway for Marylanders, particularly Baltimoreans.
Glenn: Oi, Cheryl! Wher'dja go wit Bernie for MemOriole Day weeken'?
Cheryl: Downdy ocean, hon. We ate crabs, drank shom' Natty Boh, an' cruish'd the circuit in his '82 Firebird. Dat thingk wash sooo fast. It wash aweshom'!
Cheryl: Downdy ocean, hon. We ate crabs, drank shom' Natty Boh, an' cruish'd the circuit in his '82 Firebird. Dat thingk wash sooo fast. It wash aweshom'!
by tenacious faulker May 26, 2009
1) When something has been going exceeding well only to then run its inevitable course and either decline or fail altogether; a market correction.
2) a term adopted in business to describe an event that is currently faultering or failing or has the potential to do so.
2) a term adopted in business to describe an event that is currently faultering or failing or has the potential to do so.
1) I thought my job as a lawyer was recession-proof, but when Jesus returned, sent all the sinners to hell and left everyone remaining on Earth singing Kum By Ya, that bubble burst!
2) In 2007: My house was just appraised at 130% of what I bought it for and I don't think the market can support more than that for much longer. I'm going to sell it now before the bubble bursts next year.
2) In 2007: My house was just appraised at 130% of what I bought it for and I don't think the market can support more than that for much longer. I'm going to sell it now before the bubble bursts next year.
by tenacious faulker August 20, 2009
When the quarterback of your fantasy football team throws a huge touchdown pass to your opponent's wide receiver.
(watching the game on TV)
C'mon, Manning! Throw us a touchdown this play! Dropping back!...throws!...yes, yes!, YES!!... NOOOO!!! Not to Reggie Wayne! Anyone but Wayne! Awwww, man! Touchdown! Dammit!!
Dude! WTF! We're winning!
Yeah, I know but my fanatasy team isn't and I needed that play to win. My opponent has Wayne and just got the same points.
Man! Talk about your gridirony!
C'mon, Manning! Throw us a touchdown this play! Dropping back!...throws!...yes, yes!, YES!!... NOOOO!!! Not to Reggie Wayne! Anyone but Wayne! Awwww, man! Touchdown! Dammit!!
Dude! WTF! We're winning!
Yeah, I know but my fanatasy team isn't and I needed that play to win. My opponent has Wayne and just got the same points.
Man! Talk about your gridirony!
by tenacious faulker June 22, 2010
1) A meek or mild mannered man; a wuss, acting like you have no balls; no guts; no spine.
2) A poorly hung male remenicent of a Ken doll.
3) A male, overly attactive or primped, superficial, possibly straight, gay, bi or metrosexual. Also remenicent of a Ken Doll.
2) A poorly hung male remenicent of a Ken doll.
3) A male, overly attactive or primped, superficial, possibly straight, gay, bi or metrosexual. Also remenicent of a Ken Doll.
1) Clay is such a wuss that he never takes any risks or stands up for himself. What a Ken Doll.
Howard Stern admits he's hung like a Ken Doll
3) David Hasslehoff is an over the hill Ken Doll.
Howard Stern admits he's hung like a Ken Doll
3) David Hasslehoff is an over the hill Ken Doll.
by tenacious faulker February 6, 2009
Maritime term used when the libido is willing, but your johnson goes limp due to recent or multiple orgasms, anxiety, guilt, etc.
Man! I finally got Cindy to go home with me and I got so nervous and worked up that I couldn't get it up!
Really? Was there something wrong with her? Were you tired or too drunk?
No! She was perfect! I was ready to go! I was full sail no wind. You think I still got a shot?
No. Unlike you, that ship has sailed.
Really? Was there something wrong with her? Were you tired or too drunk?
No! She was perfect! I was ready to go! I was full sail no wind. You think I still got a shot?
No. Unlike you, that ship has sailed.
by tenacious faulker March 2, 2012