white Mecca

Noun. - Slang term for New York City, derived from young white people's unrestrained adoration and reverence for the city. Often used derisively or ironically.

Of course Ron isn't spending the vacation here; he's on his yearly pilgrimage to white Mecca.

Oh my God, you went to college in NYC? That is my favorite place in the world. It's like, my Mecca.

by 11redred11 November 12, 2010

Maya fever

Noun. - The belief, with varying degrees of seriousness, that the world will end on December 21, 2012, based on a highly idiosyncratic interpretation of the ancient Mayan Long Count calendar, which pinpoints this precise date as the end of a 125-year long cycle.

Why are we planning on having kids, anyway? It's not like they'll live to see 2013.

Katrina has a serious case of Maya fever. I don't think the "2012" movie helped matters at all.

by 11redred11 November 12, 2010

Apocalypse of the month

Noun. - A potentially world-ending event strongly hyped by the media during a short period of time, then forgotten by the public after the world, evidently, does not end. Soon enough it will be followed by a new catastrophe in-the-making. These events often resonate with the public due to widespread popular feelings, such as Nature getting back at Man, scientists going too far, a sign of the End Times, or simply terrorists.

The most successful example in recent times is Maya fever, which has snowballed into an international cultural phenomenon and lasted for several years.

Hey, wasn't the BP oil spill going to destroy the world because of the methane bubble ready to explode under the Gulf of Mexico? Oh, nevermind.

The current Apocalypse of the month is the new large hadron collider at CERN, which some believe may create a black hole. Of course, this is patently ridiculous.

by 11redred11 November 12, 2010