An act of manipulative or false-emotion put on in order to achieve the desired reaction from others, usually sympathy.
Unlike its near-opposite, a kneejerk, which is a re-action to an action, the tearjerk is an initiated action in itself.
Unlike its near-opposite, a kneejerk, which is a re-action to an action, the tearjerk is an initiated action in itself.
Hitlary sure put on that tearjerk act for the New Hampshire Primary Elections, just when everyone said she was seen as lacking emotion.
by buggy January 09, 2008
I can't breathe in this carcoughagus, let me out!
by buggy September 29, 2006
Losing a lucrative or desired opportunity (job or otherwise) because someone else offers favors in order to take the opportunity from you.
by buggy October 16, 2005
Text (book, webpage or other) written in a font which is so small that it is visible only to those with good eyesight. Those whose age is over forty increasingly lose their close-up vision as they age (known as hyperopia), because their eye-focus gradually becomes more fixed-focus rather than adaptable-focus.
Well, this webpage certainly loves using under-forty-font!
The ingredients on this candy bar are impossible to read in their under-forty-font.
The ingredients on this candy bar are impossible to read in their under-forty-font.
by buggy October 24, 2005
The kind of virus (or flu) where you don't know which direction to face the toilet, next. Also known as the lid-flipper-virus.
{blahhhhhhhh!!!!}
{sppfffhhhhhlllllltttttt!!!!!}
{blaaaaahhhhhhhhhh blahhhhhh!}
He'll survive, he's just got the 180-virus, tossin' and turnin' and doing the lid-flippin' on the old porcelain.
{sppfffhhhhhlllllltttttt!!!!!}
{blaaaaahhhhhhhhhh blahhhhhh!}
He'll survive, he's just got the 180-virus, tossin' and turnin' and doing the lid-flippin' on the old porcelain.
by buggy December 12, 2007
Specifically meaning (and sometimes legally) that the item is literally untouched by human hands.
The term comes from coins made at COIN MINTS which were dropped from the press directly into boxes for collectors and therefore never touched by human hands.
The meaning of the term "mint" is about as strict as the definition for the word "virgin."
In stretching the modern-day definition, it sometimes is valid to refer to an item which was purchased brand-new and unopened, but has been opened and checked but never used.
A further stretch is the use of "near-mint" which would still mean something possibly tested and used briefly but which still has no evidence of human handling or use.
It does NOT mean "looks like it's almost new." It does NOT mean anything to do with the herbal MINTS, as unfortunately assumed by many newer-generation mis-users of the term "mint."
It does NOT mean, in legal or historical use, anything to do with "looks cool" or "good" or "nice," as defined by other submissions on this website, on many ebay listngs and in common modern-day slang mis-use. That is sheer illiterate bastardization of the term.
The term comes from coins made at COIN MINTS which were dropped from the press directly into boxes for collectors and therefore never touched by human hands.
The meaning of the term "mint" is about as strict as the definition for the word "virgin."
In stretching the modern-day definition, it sometimes is valid to refer to an item which was purchased brand-new and unopened, but has been opened and checked but never used.
A further stretch is the use of "near-mint" which would still mean something possibly tested and used briefly but which still has no evidence of human handling or use.
It does NOT mean "looks like it's almost new." It does NOT mean anything to do with the herbal MINTS, as unfortunately assumed by many newer-generation mis-users of the term "mint."
It does NOT mean, in legal or historical use, anything to do with "looks cool" or "good" or "nice," as defined by other submissions on this website, on many ebay listngs and in common modern-day slang mis-use. That is sheer illiterate bastardization of the term.
"This camera is MINT condition, I opened it to see if it took the kind of storage-card that I use but it didn't, so I put it back in the box."
"This 40-year-old Gibson guitar has been in the closet since my grandfather won it in a contest, and other than a few playings it's nearly mint-condition."
"This 40-year-old Gibson guitar has been in the closet since my grandfather won it in a contest, and other than a few playings it's nearly mint-condition."
by buggy October 03, 2007
1) Someone who drives like a total asshole.
2) Someone who drives like a Taliban Suicide Bomber on a mission, with no regard for courtesy, safety or for others.
2) Someone who drives like a Taliban Suicide Bomber on a mission, with no regard for courtesy, safety or for others.
Man, I nearly got taken out in the parking lot by some Taliban Roadrunner who came flying down the lane doing 35mph, and had the nerve to honk at me as he blasted past, swerved and nearly hit some kid. No regrets on his part.
by buggy September 06, 2006