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tinselling

Seeing stars.

To have slight vision problems after falling down or having been hit in the head. Represented in cartoons as stars or songbirds circling the victim's head.

From tinsel, the chinsy gold and silver strings used to decorate during the holidays—The sensation is rather like having threads of tinsel waved just outside your field of vision.
Max: Whoa, you wiped out on that jump. You okay?
PJ: *faintly* Yeah, gimme a sec. I'm tinselling right now...
by Lady Chevalier August 26, 2005
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not quite the same

Completely different.

Often said with nostalgia.
You know, Star Wars is not quite the same without Muppet Yoda.

The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles isn't quite the same as the kickass show I watched as a kid.
by Lady Chevalier June 16, 2005
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fnord

A word placed randomly in sentences, purported to instill fear or uneasiness in the reader. Its use generally references a conspiracy or parody thereof.

Popularised by the Illuminatus! trilogy by Roberts Shea and Winston.

Not to be confused with fjord, those elegant creations of Slartibartfast from the Hitchhiker's Guide "Trilogy."
Fnord is evaporated herbal tea without the herbs.
by Lady Chevalier March 23, 2005
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wikinition

URBANdictionary entries that look like they belong on Wikipedia. We're talking page-long "definitions" that could be printed off and turned in for credit at many institutions of higher education.

See certain definitions under emo, punk for examples. (Wikinitions often pop up when some poor soul is trying to re-educate the masses about what a word (music genre) originally meant.)
http://emo.urbanup.com/1095361

http://punk.urbanup.com/1121102

http://guinness.urbanup.com/1083227
by Lady Chevalier July 15, 2008
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spiff

1. Verb: To dress up, especially stylishly.
2. Interjection: Exclamation similar to nifty or cool.
3. Proper Noun: Part of the name of Spaceman Spiff one of the many alter-egos of the ever-awesome Calvin, of Calvin and Hobbes.
4. Adjective: spiffy. Again, similar to nifty
5. Noun: spiffy. A cool, especially shiny, object.

Other variations include:
-Spiff-tastic (Adjective and interjection, combination of words spiff and fantastic
-Spiffmeister (Noun or title, one who is spiffy)
-Spiffify (verb, to make spiffy)
-Spiffig (adjective, English with German adjective suffix)
-Muy Spiffendo (Interjection, Spanglish)
-Spiffiness (Abstract noun, similar to "love" or "joy")

..and others.
1. You're all spiffed up today."
2. You won the contest? Spiff!
3. Spaceman Spiff, over and out.
4. That's a spiffy song.
5. Look at my spiffy! It's shiny!

-Wow! Spifftastic!
-You can just feel the spiffiness.
-I need to spiffify my outfit.
by Lady Chevalier April 9, 2004
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spring break

Argh, that stupid spring broke AGAIN. Now I'll never get to sleep!
by Lady Chevalier March 23, 2005
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Radio K

The college radio station broadcast from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Plays a funky mix of music, and is a lot of fun. Worth checking out at radiok.org
by Lady Chevalier March 23, 2005
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