Sirius

The brightest pair of binary stars in the night sky; one is a blue-white main sequence dwarf and it's companion is a faint white dwarf. Sirius is located in the constellation Canis Major and as a most visable star is often called the "Dog Star"

The name Sirius comes from Greek and means "Scorcher"; and in Greek mythology Sirius is Orion's hunting dog. And before that, in Egypt the stars Sirius where worshiped as "Sothis".
Sirius is 8.6 light years away from us.
by OneBadAsp October 28, 2006
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Light Year

1. The distance light travels in one year, or approximately 5.88 trillion miles.

2. A figure of speech meaning very advanced.
1. The nearest star is about 4 light years away, and our galaxy is about 100,000 light years across.

2. If alien's exist, chances are they're light years ahead of us in technology.
by OneBadAsp October 21, 2006
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Walmarting

When a large corporation or business moves into an area, drives smaller, locally owned stores out of business, and then closes shop leaving the area and local economy in poverty and ruins.
The term Walmarting comes from the practices of the much hated gobal corporation, Walmart.
by OneBadAsp October 28, 2006
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