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preppy pause

A phenomenon of early '80s New Wave dance music (supposedly attractive to preppies of the era), where the song is interrupted by a moment or two of silence.

The Howard Jones song "Welcome to Conditioning" has a preppy pause.

by tomte November 16, 2005

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swiped out

1) Demagnetized; the state of a credit or debit card which has been run through a card reader too many times.
2) Unable to access money in the bank due to the phenomenon of being swiped out (def. 1).

I gotta fill the tank, but my card's been swiped out.

by tomte May 19, 2004

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The state of being hopelessly bewildered and highly amused at the same time. Other forms include dimstisfy (v.), dimstisfying (adj.), dimstisfies (v.), dimstisfication (n.), etc.

Etymology: Derived from an Engrish business reply card from Korea, which offered three levels of "satisfaction with this product": Satisfied, Natural (Neutral) , and Dimstisfied (Dissatisfied).

Have you been out to wingmusic.co.nz? I am completely dimstisfied by that woman's voice.

by tomte May 18, 2004

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Jossed

What happens when a passive-aggressive writer feels compelled to recreate his childhood bullying. Starts out by giving his audience lots of love, encourages them to believe things will turn out well, then backhands them at the end--and they inexplicably come crawling back for more.

If you watched Act III of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, you probably got Jossed.

by tomte July 22, 2008

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Hassan chop!

I am about to kick your ass six ways from Saturday.

Etymology: from the Warner Bros. cartoon character Hassan, a generic Middle Eastern grunt constantly about to cleave Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck in twain.

You dared drink my last apple beer?! HASSAAAAAN CHOP!

by tomte June 6, 2004

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