a term describing a controlled environment or situation in which people act or behave in ways that conform to roles pre-determined by a powerful person(s) who decides how the world is supposed to function.
Living on or within a matrix may also be referred to as "on the grid", with greater flexibility and choice available to those who venture off-the-grid.
Living on or within a matrix may also be referred to as "on the grid", with greater flexibility and choice available to those who venture off-the-grid.
After years of living a boring life, working 9-to-5 on the East Coast matrix, he relocated to Portland, Oregon, where he traded his car for a bicycle and started earning a living with his acoustic guitar.
by D.S. Credito March 12, 2015
a person dedicated to the study of words, often engaged in compiling entries for dictionaries. A lexographer may also take part in the writing and editing of dictionaries, also striving to ensure that reference books in both print and electronic form will meet users' needs and expectations.
Mike is quite the lexographer these days. Every week he gets a new word published in the Urban Dictionary.
by D.S. Credito February 21, 2015
Once upon a time, Aerosmith was a real hard rock band. But since the 1990s, they've just been putting out album after album of ballad salads.
by D.S. Credito March 13, 2015
to eighty-six a pregnancy is to medically terminate it, taken from the name of the "abortion drug" RU-486.
A woman might eighty-six a fetus in the earliest weeks of being pregnant, with the help of a health care provider who can administer a brief series of oral dosages.
Eighty-sixing is normally done only up until a point when a pregnancy is so far along that a surgical procedure is needed in order to abort.
A woman might eighty-six a fetus in the earliest weeks of being pregnant, with the help of a health care provider who can administer a brief series of oral dosages.
Eighty-sixing is normally done only up until a point when a pregnancy is so far along that a surgical procedure is needed in order to abort.
Jenny: I just came up positive on this pregnancy test. It was just a one night stand. I'm gonna eighty-six it.
Eric: Yo, Kevin. You're lucky Jenny eight-six'd it after your fling at the lake last summer. Otherwise you would've been stuck paying child support.
Eric: Yo, Kevin. You're lucky Jenny eight-six'd it after your fling at the lake last summer. Otherwise you would've been stuck paying child support.
by D.S. Credito September 27, 2014
A pun on "shit" and "kitchen", which can refer to a kitchen where diapers are disposed of, usually in smaller dwellings where the household's main waste bin is located in the kitchen.
Man, after all those dirty diapers it's time to take the trash out. Hard to cook dinner when it smells like a shitchen.
by D.S. Credito March 21, 2016
actions or behavior that reflect a carefree, usually impulsive manner of doing just what one pleases; living in the moment
by D.S. Credito March 13, 2015
a place or area where rules, regulations and behavioral norms are subject to strict enforcement or scrutiny. A person responsible for maintaining order in a controlled environment will normally strive to appear consistent when out in the open, but may enforce rules arbitrarily behind closed doors.
Kids who grow up in excessively controlled environments often fall behind in college, having all that freedom to cut loose but not knowing how to manage it.
by D.S. Credito March 13, 2015