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An amusing term which appears so ubiquitously in various film adaptations of Jane Austin novels that it really should enter the public lexicon as a bit of tounge-in-cheek banter mocking the stilted, formal manner of speech common during the Regency period.
Chick: Dude, this party is great and all, but I've been sitting on this couch so long that my leg is falling asleep.
Dude: Shall we take a turn about the room?"
Dude: Shall we take a turn about the room?"
by Dovetchka July 26, 2008
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Kind of like being punk'd, only by a bunch of humorless rich white old guys with some kind of sinister geopolitical master plan.
Term reffers to the Machiavellian bait-and-switch game played by the Bush neocons whereby the 9/11 attacks were linked to Iraq.
The term 'Pearl Harbored' itself alludes to a comment made by the neocon think-tank PNAC in their manifesto 'Rebuilding America's Defenses', which suggests that nothing less than "A new Pearl Harbor" would be nessecary to garner support for any further actions in Iraq.
This was written well before the tragic events of 9/11.
Author's note: I'm not accusing the Bush administration of actually carrying out 9/11 to establish a pretext for war that the public would support. I merely think this is a very chilling coincidence.
Kind of like being punk'd, only by a bunch of humorless rich white old guys with some kind of sinister geopolitical master plan.
Term reffers to the Machiavellian bait-and-switch game played by the Bush neocons whereby the 9/11 attacks were linked to Iraq.
The term 'Pearl Harbored' itself alludes to a comment made by the neocon think-tank PNAC in their manifesto 'Rebuilding America's Defenses', which suggests that nothing less than "A new Pearl Harbor" would be nessecary to garner support for any further actions in Iraq.
This was written well before the tragic events of 9/11.
Author's note: I'm not accusing the Bush administration of actually carrying out 9/11 to establish a pretext for war that the public would support. I merely think this is a very chilling coincidence.
"The PNAC website should be required reading for all Americans who supported the war, so they can learn how they got totally Pearl Harbored"
"Duuude, you still think things are going great in Iraq?
You got totally Pearl Harbored by those PNAC fuckers"
"Duuude, you still think things are going great in Iraq?
You got totally Pearl Harbored by those PNAC fuckers"
by Dovetchka December 23, 2005
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other pertinent terms and examples: goff, goffic, emo, being 'scene', Hot Topic, mall punk, My Chemical Romance, The Used
other pertinent terms and examples: goff, goffic, emo, being 'scene', Hot Topic, mall punk, My Chemical Romance, The Used
I was in the mall today and couldn't help but notice the gauxth kiddies swarming all over Hot Topic. They were all born sometime after 1984 and have never heard of Bauhaus.
by Dovetchka December 26, 2005
Get the gauxth mug.v. A pun on the term neocon. Being persuaded to support Dubya Bush policies, and various other conservative schemes.
See also Pearl Harbored and punk'd
See also Pearl Harbored and punk'd
lib 1: Can you believe it?!? Bush's approval ratings are up again.
lib 2: Damn, this country has been totally neoconned.
lib 2: Damn, this country has been totally neoconned.
by Dovetchka December 24, 2005
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The series stands out for its beautiful scenery and sets, authentic costumes, well-devised plotlines, excellent acting and evocative themes. The overall quality of the production brings to mind Merchant/Ivory costume dramas.
Most Americans familliar with the series watched it on The Disney Channel, which used to carry it weekly. It should also be noted that this is the show on which actress Sarah Polley (Dawn of the Dead remake, Go!) played her first important role, as the impetuous Sarah Stanley.
Unfortunately, this beautiful drama has faded into obsqureity, now remembered only by die-hard Green Gables fans.
The series stands out for its beautiful scenery and sets, authentic costumes, well-devised plotlines, excellent acting and evocative themes. The overall quality of the production brings to mind Merchant/Ivory costume dramas.
Most Americans familliar with the series watched it on The Disney Channel, which used to carry it weekly. It should also be noted that this is the show on which actress Sarah Polley (Dawn of the Dead remake, Go!) played her first important role, as the impetuous Sarah Stanley.
Unfortunately, this beautiful drama has faded into obsqureity, now remembered only by die-hard Green Gables fans.
Avonlea was probably the best period drama ever produced, rivaling even Little House on The Prarie, and I hereby record its greatness for posterity's sake.
by Dovetchka December 24, 2005
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The hee hee girl is a highly flighty, social creature that tends to travel in packs, or gaggles. Their habitat of choice will be the shopping mall, high school hallway, nightclub or other socially-charged environment. They tend to adorn themselves with rather dull yet rarified plumage with prominant brand markings, which they procure at great cost. This showy display of disposable wealth serves as a symbol of status based on the very banal and superficial standards of their kind.
Because she has adapted to wasting all her energy on the cultivation of her outward appearance with little time devoted to the inner life of the mind, the hee hee girl is among the least intelligent and most simplistic of all the human organisms, and should generally be avoided.
alternate spelling/prnounciation: tee hee girl
The hee hee girl is a highly flighty, social creature that tends to travel in packs, or gaggles. Their habitat of choice will be the shopping mall, high school hallway, nightclub or other socially-charged environment. They tend to adorn themselves with rather dull yet rarified plumage with prominant brand markings, which they procure at great cost. This showy display of disposable wealth serves as a symbol of status based on the very banal and superficial standards of their kind.
Because she has adapted to wasting all her energy on the cultivation of her outward appearance with little time devoted to the inner life of the mind, the hee hee girl is among the least intelligent and most simplistic of all the human organisms, and should generally be avoided.
alternate spelling/prnounciation: tee hee girl
hee-hee girl: omg, Chandra, I sooo love that cardigan you got at Abercrombie and Fitch. That's hot! Heehee!
astute passerby: Heads up, there's a gaggle of hee-hee girls at twelve o'clock.
astute passerby: Heads up, there's a gaggle of hee-hee girls at twelve o'clock.
by Dovetchka December 26, 2005
Get the hee-hee girl mug.A genre-transcending band one must actually hear to fully appreciate. Like a runaway train engineered by ragtag poets overfond of spinning literary anachronisms into exultant ballads.
Pure joy.
Pure joy.
by Dovetchka December 28, 2005
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