policy

An excuse to do what you want to do, regardless how senseless it is.
All you have to do is get a committee to approve it.
by Downstrike September 29, 2004
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corporate personhood

The legal doctrine by which a corporation is called an entity instead of property of a person who owns it.
The result of corporate personhood is that corporations have more rights than people do.

Corporate personhood has been outlawed by the city or Arcata, California.
by Downstrike September 14, 2004
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same smell

1. What you said means the same thing as what I said first.

1. The meaning of what you said is so close to what I said first, that it might as well be the same thing.
"The sky is dark."

"It's cloudy out."

"Same smell."
by Downstrike May 25, 2004
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Hell Niño

The 1992-93 El Niño Winter in Susanville, California, when every storm all winter dumped four feet of snow, and the electricity would shut off for four days at a time, and only come back on just in time for the next storm to hit.
Pictures of cans and bottles of beer stuffed into snow banks are falsely attributed to Canada, but the redneck waste of refrigeration ingenuity on beer rather than on groceries betrays the true origin of the picture as being the Susanville Hell Niño of 1992-93.
by Downstrike September 16, 2006
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Phobia

1. Psychologically induced, irrational fear of something that should not be all that scary.

2. In common usage, phobia is nothing more than something to accuse others of having when one wants to discount their opinions and be excused to behave in a way that they think is wrong.
1950s:
You shouldn't do that!
Fraidy cat!

1990s to present:
That's disgusting!
Don't tell me you have a phobia!
by Downstrike October 24, 2004
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crowd

1. n. Numerous people.

2. n. A clique or birds of a feather.

3. v. Take fronts in line without permission.

4. v. Invade someone's personal space.

5. v. Get in people's way.
That crowd (1) is crowding (5) my doorway because they're all crowding (3). That crowd (2) must enjoy crowding (4) each other.
by Downstrike December 23, 2004
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fronts

A place in line in front of someone already in line.
Can I have fronts?

No, but I'll give you backs.
by Downstrike December 23, 2004
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