The commons is a dining hall at Texas A&M University, with some of the worst food in the country. The commons diet refers to the struggle First Semester Freshmen have to face while dining the trash that some people think is food for the first week. At first, people think that a large meal plan is worth, but after sticking the commons diet, patients tend to try and leave it as soon as possible by telling the Dining Staff that they are of a certain dietary restriction in order to limit their intake at the commons. Some Commons Diet patients even resort to going to Sbisa, another dining hall that serves even worse food, because of the destruction the Commons Diet does to a person's internals.
The Commons Diet at Texas A&M causes freshmen to lose 15 pounds instead of gain it at other universities.
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The common cold to most is just a basic illness.
To me, it's a 1/2 gallon of orange juice and a roll of toilet paper, because I ran out of tissues.
Me : I have The Common Cold, well I guess it's time to go get some orange juice and toilet paper.
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Common Doggo (meme noun) Caw•man Daw•g•go
A common doggo is part of the many varieties of doggos. But common doggos are more abundant than special doggos. Common doggos often include doggos such as Shiba Inu.
Person 1: Wow that's a common doggo
Person 2: He's a good boy
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Essentially, common sense is seen as knowledge that most people (except babies and the mentally disabled) should know. This can apply to things affecting all humans, or it can pertain to certain peoples and issues. When someone does something that contradicts common sense, you tend to think, "Dude you are so stupid. Anyone with common sense would have avoided that."
Things that universally defy common sense:
-trying to breathe underwater
-staring into the sun to try to see it
-trying to touch a rainbow
-believing politicians truly care about the people
-telling someone with a bazooka to fuck off
-driving on the wrong side of the freeway
-being a hypocrite
-poking any dangerous creature
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A place where the youths of Emmanuel, graveney, streatham and Clapham, Bolingbroke hang out and do drugs, Blem, fight and make out
Oi u going Wandsworth common tonight, we have bare blem
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The term has its origins in the sharing of grazing land in a given community, called "the commons", in Britain. An individual farmer could increase his or her profits by using more of the commons than others. The other farmers would then follow suite, leading to the overexploitation and destruction of that land.

In its modern usage, the phrase is used as a metaphor to the above, referring to the exploitation of a common resource. In game theory it is used as an example of how, in a given situation, every individual can choose to do what is best for their own interests and still produce the worst sum result for the whole. See also: prisoner's dilemna.

The most common and effective way to negotiate this problem is private ownership. Another way is heavy regulation and the imposition of sanctions on violators.
usage: When big companies pollute the air, it's just another example of the tragedy of the commons.
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A person who is prevalent, and often found in the public doing stupid, moronic and mindless acts.

Also can be associated with loitering and annoying pests commonly found in groups at shopping malls, libraries and schools.
Basically another word for Imbecile.
He snuck out at night, like a Common Arsehole.

John: "Look at all these common arseholes over here."
Vlad: "Piss off you common arsehole."
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