2 definitions by Lacrocivious Acrophosist
That awful feeling when you realize you have just said something horrible, or you are supposed to be somewhere you aren't, or have forgotten to bring/do/say something important. Cartoonist B. Kliban coined this term and defined it as 'a sudden rush of shit to the heart.'
She experienced a Grand Clong because she had just asked an acquaintance how the kids were, before remembering they had both died recently in a car wreck.
He received a text asking where he was, and immediately suffered a Grand Clong when he realized he was supposed to be at the Very Important Meeting instead of at a matinee movie showing.
Standing at the podium in front of the packed auditorium, a Grand Clong washed over her as she pulled her folded speech printout from her pocket and saw that it was her travel itinerary.
He received a text asking where he was, and immediately suffered a Grand Clong when he realized he was supposed to be at the Very Important Meeting instead of at a matinee movie showing.
Standing at the podium in front of the packed auditorium, a Grand Clong washed over her as she pulled her folded speech printout from her pocket and saw that it was her travel itinerary.
by Lacrocivious Acrophosist September 27, 2023
Any ostensibly democratic government which has been subsumed by and replaced with corporate interests, without regard for the wishes of the subject populations, e.g., the United States of America.
While still presented as a bastion of democracy and freedom, the reality is that the United States of America has become a wholly owned subsidiary of corpgov, which has seized upon the most potent military on the planet as their enforcement arm, without regard for the desires of US citizens.
by Lacrocivious Acrophosist June 26, 2016