A person who is constantly advertising and praising his/her self by indirect means.
(Origin: "The Mind-Body Problem" by Rebecca Goldstein.)
(Origin: "The Mind-Body Problem" by Rebecca Goldstein.)
She's an example of the more obnoxious sort of peacock: a closet peacock. Once you get the dictionary to her private language, you understand that everything she says translates into self-praise.
... Right now, she was complaining to me about the ENORMOUS size of her classes and her need to procure a second graduate student to help with the grading. Translation: "I'm such a POPULAR teacher."
(Mind-Body Problem, p. 236)
... Right now, she was complaining to me about the ENORMOUS size of her classes and her need to procure a second graduate student to help with the grading. Translation: "I'm such a POPULAR teacher."
(Mind-Body Problem, p. 236)
by PaleBlueYacht April 21, 2011
Hair-trigger accusations of pedophilia. Usually, this accompanies a "you're with us or you're with the pedophiles" false dichotomy style of thought, not unlike "you're with us or you're with the terrorists."
Alt: pedohysteria
Alt: pedohysteria
Person: Can we please have a rational discussion about the consequences of running a sex offender list?
Pedohysterics: Why? That sounds like something a pedophile would say. Only pedophiles and pedo apologists would want a list like that gone.
Pedohysterics: Why? That sounds like something a pedophile would say. Only pedophiles and pedo apologists would want a list like that gone.
by PaleBlueYacht May 13, 2013
The feeling which occurs after one has stayed up past his sleep cycle such that the body has abandoned its "go to sleep" feeling and has shifted into a light buzz.
It is comparable to the lingering buzz that remains in the morning after a night of drinking, because the body is rather awake yet clearly not fully sober.
It is comparable to the lingering buzz that remains in the morning after a night of drinking, because the body is rather awake yet clearly not fully sober.
KATE: John, go to bed. Aren't you sleepy? You were dozing off at your desk a few hours ago.
JOHN: Yeah, but the sleepy part of my cycle is over. It's back into awake mode, so I'm lanked now.
JOHN: Yeah, but the sleepy part of my cycle is over. It's back into awake mode, so I'm lanked now.
by PaleBlueYacht March 07, 2011
The temporary change in personality that occurs after being deeply involved with a movie, book, game, or some other work of fiction.
Can also be expanded to nonfiction ("documentary lag" or some other variant), but is less common because those works are typically experienced through the frame of the reader/player/watcher's default personality.
Can also be expanded to nonfiction ("documentary lag" or some other variant), but is less common because those works are typically experienced through the frame of the reader/player/watcher's default personality.
CHRIS: Don't think. Don't hesitate. Just say it.
ASHLEY: Why are you talking like that?
CHRIS: What?
ASHLEY: You sound like a movie trailer. Is this because you just finished watching Fight Club?
CHRIS: Uhh... yeah I guess I'm a little fiction lagged.
ASHLEY: Why are you talking like that?
CHRIS: What?
ASHLEY: You sound like a movie trailer. Is this because you just finished watching Fight Club?
CHRIS: Uhh... yeah I guess I'm a little fiction lagged.
by PaleBlueYacht March 06, 2011
Misuse of a safety mechanism, like a fire alarm, danger hotlines or report buttons on a website, to censor speech without regard to the intent of the safety mechanism.
A type of rulebombing.
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Fire alarming is a problem, because it:
(a) disrespects actual instances of dangerous events the mechanism is designed to prevent, and
(b) causes people who have to monitor uses of that safety mechanism to show skepticism to future uses of that safety mechanism, since the number of serious instances are diluted.
A type of rulebombing.
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Fire alarming is a problem, because it:
(a) disrespects actual instances of dangerous events the mechanism is designed to prevent, and
(b) causes people who have to monitor uses of that safety mechanism to show skepticism to future uses of that safety mechanism, since the number of serious instances are diluted.
I posted a video critical of this girl's ideology on YouTube, but now all of her supporters are fire alarming me.
by PaleBlueYacht May 12, 2013
aggressive online efforts, usually by mobs via social media, to harm the employment/career/livelihood of a person, esp. when said harm is motivated by ideology, outrage, or both.
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see also: rulebombing, fire alarming
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see also: rulebombing, fire alarming
Amy: Did you see the insensitive rant that Joe posted on his blog?
Bob: Yeah. I've already sent it to HuffPo and Gawker. Hopefully we can post up where he works for everyone to see.
Amy: Woah, you're running a bluelisting campaign? I was just asking if you'd seen it. Jesus christ, Bob.
Bob: Yeah. I've already sent it to HuffPo and Gawker. Hopefully we can post up where he works for everyone to see.
Amy: Woah, you're running a bluelisting campaign? I was just asking if you'd seen it. Jesus christ, Bob.
by PaleBlueYacht May 12, 2013
Susan believed she had mastered writing due to the grades she earned in high school, but was wrought with existential embarrassment when her self-misconception was brought to light after receiving a C on her first college paper.
by PaleBlueYacht March 08, 2011