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Related to the waste and recycling streams, the use stream describes items that are still of value and which can be recovered for ongoing use by others.
Bob: I love my new blender!
Sarah: What are you going to do with your old one. It works, right, just without all the bells and whistles.
Bob: Exactly. I think I'll clean it up and give it to the thrift store so that it can be returned to the use stream.
Sarah: What are you going to do with your old one. It works, right, just without all the bells and whistles.
Bob: Exactly. I think I'll clean it up and give it to the thrift store so that it can be returned to the use stream.
by Matthew Lake October 3, 2006
Get the use stream mug.A documentary that advocates a particular, often strong, stance on an issue -- a film that is both a come to Jesus and a call to action.
George: Did you see Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth'?
Dick: It was amazing. Quite the rantumentary, though it lacked some of the passion of Michael Moore's masterpiece 'Fahrenheit 9/11'.
Dick: It was amazing. Quite the rantumentary, though it lacked some of the passion of Michael Moore's masterpiece 'Fahrenheit 9/11'.
by Matthew Lake October 3, 2006
Get the rantumentary mug.A trip to p-town, a fire island weekend, a pilgimage to southern decadence, a white party package, an olivia cruise. A vacation that is targeted to or holds special appeal for the gay community.
Monica: John looks like shit.
Matt: What do you expect? He just got back from his gaycation.
Sandi: You know what that means. Four days of sex, drugs and no last names.
Matt: What do you expect? He just got back from his gaycation.
Sandi: You know what that means. Four days of sex, drugs and no last names.
by Matthew Lake October 3, 2006
Get the gaycation mug.A gay man who does not have a gym-perfect body, but rather carries a body fat percentage in the 12% - 20% range. A man who is considered gay fat within the community would likely be considered athletic, physically fit and in-shape within the greater cultural context.
Grant: Hey, can I use one of your guest passes for the gym? I'm in a bit of a dry spell with gigs, and couldn't afford to re-up myself.
Jerome: Sure, man, no problem.
Grant: Awesome, dude. I'm afraid if I don't start to get back to it regularly, I'm going to lose this year's 'Ass Fabulous' contest.
Jerome: Honestly, I don't know that a fourth straight win will make you any more fuckable, but it's easier to give you the pass than to host a full-blown gay fat intervention in a few weeks if you don't win.
Jerome: Sure, man, no problem.
Grant: Awesome, dude. I'm afraid if I don't start to get back to it regularly, I'm going to lose this year's 'Ass Fabulous' contest.
Jerome: Honestly, I don't know that a fourth straight win will make you any more fuckable, but it's easier to give you the pass than to host a full-blown gay fat intervention in a few weeks if you don't win.
by Matthew Lake August 2, 2007
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Niles: Oh Dad, can't you spare that poor animal for just one commercial holiday? These humiliating outfits must deprive him entirely of any true sense of dognity.
Niles: Oh Dad, can't you spare that poor animal for just one commercial holiday? These humiliating outfits must deprive him entirely of any true sense of dognity.
by Matthew Lake August 2, 2007
Get the dognity mug.A way of visualizing a certain set of risks, throughtfully drawn from the domain of all possible risks, and how they are associated with any given set of plans or circumstances. Imagined topographically, for instance, risks with a higher elevation would have a greater likelihood of manifesting negative consequences than risks at a lower elevation.
The planners of the Iraq invasion failed to fully describe the riskscape, and plan for all possible contingencies, relying instead on platitudes, such as 'we will be hailed as liberators.'
by Matthew Lake April 30, 2007
Get the riskscape mug.One whose seemingly effortless sense of style, elegance, grace and class belies the underprivileged socio-economic reality of their upbringing.
Cassidy: These Pratesi sheets feel like heaven on my skin. They are the perfect final touch in this room.
Jane: What can I say? They called to me. I just listened to what the universe was telling me, and I acted on that.
Cassidy: You're like a regular Martha Stewart. You know, both of you grew up po'trician, she in Nutley and you in Compton.
Jane: That secret better follow you to the grave. No one needs to know I grew up destitute.
Cassidy: My lips are sealed, girl. As long as you keep living this well, no one will ever even guess!
Jane: What can I say? They called to me. I just listened to what the universe was telling me, and I acted on that.
Cassidy: You're like a regular Martha Stewart. You know, both of you grew up po'trician, she in Nutley and you in Compton.
Jane: That secret better follow you to the grave. No one needs to know I grew up destitute.
Cassidy: My lips are sealed, girl. As long as you keep living this well, no one will ever even guess!
by Matthew Lake May 10, 2007
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