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Porter Effect 

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A natural phenomenon where if one parent is ugly, all the children will be beautiful. Occurs in about 1 in 1,000 cases.
Some models are results of the Porter Effect.
Porter Effect by jhfqweoijiower December 12, 2013
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The Potter Effect

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when people don't leave their houses for days or hours (depending on how fast a reader one is) at a time as a result of the latest harry potter book coming out. nobody goes online or outside for fear that someone might reveal the ending.
girl: Mom, can I hang out with you tonight? The new Harry Potter just came out and nobody's free. On second thought, maybe I'll just go out and buy the book.
The Potter Effect by hpfan5 September 6, 2005
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Porter Effect • The Potter Effect • Porter Blump • Porter Pounder • Porter Robinson • porter and pincer • Porter Back-to-Back Method • Porter Boy • Porter Bypass • Porter Cheeks

The Potter Effect

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When something ubearable and disgusting becomes extremely popular only because it's... popular.
This usally happens when the popular kids at some schools take interest in something (those kids are dumbasses and have no sence of judgement) stumble across something they see on MTV or something and fall in love with it. The popularity will spread through America (and sometimes the world, like this definition's name sake: Harry Potter). The people's minds will be convinced that they like what they are seeing/hearing/reading/watching. If these objects were not popular, anybody who would have been a fan would notice how horrible it really is.
Harry Potter, Mad TV, Avril Lavigne, Lil Jon and the Eastside Boys, Ashlee Simpson, Hillary Duff, and Dragon Ball Z are all products of the Potter Effect.
The Potter Effect by Dylan's Name August 25, 2005
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You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

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A moment in time where you feel distinctly Chinese over all other things.
Dante: "I wish I could be Nigerian, but I can't because I'm Chinese. You met me at a very Chinese time in my life."
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crunchy 

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Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.

Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

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"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"
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The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
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In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.
"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."
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A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.
Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.
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