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Major League Soccer. Formed in 1993 in the United States, the league as of 2009 has fifteen teams throughout North America. Attendance has been steadily growing in recent years, and if pace continues, it will overtake the NHL in popularity and profit.
Teams as of 2009:
(Eastern Conference)
Chicago Fire
Columbus Crew
DC United (Washington, D.C.)
Kansas City Wizards
New England Revolution (Foxborough, MA)
New York Red Bulls (East Rutherford, NJ)
Toronto FC
(Western Conference)
Chivas USA (Carson, CA)
Colorado Rapids (Commerce City, CO)
FC Dallas (Frisco, TX)
Houston Dynamo
Los Angeles Galaxy
Reál Salt Lake (Sandy, UT)
San Jose Earthquakes
Seattle Sounders
MLS plans to add three more teams by 2011, in Philadelphia PA, Portland OR, and Vancouver BC.
Teams as of 2009:
(Eastern Conference)
Chicago Fire
Columbus Crew
DC United (Washington, D.C.)
Kansas City Wizards
New England Revolution (Foxborough, MA)
New York Red Bulls (East Rutherford, NJ)
Toronto FC
(Western Conference)
Chivas USA (Carson, CA)
Colorado Rapids (Commerce City, CO)
FC Dallas (Frisco, TX)
Houston Dynamo
Los Angeles Galaxy
Reál Salt Lake (Sandy, UT)
San Jose Earthquakes
Seattle Sounders
MLS plans to add three more teams by 2011, in Philadelphia PA, Portland OR, and Vancouver BC.
Emo1337: Yo, dude, let's go downtown this weekend. MLS!
Kr\/nkt45T!c: Your life sucks?
Emo1337: LOL, WTF? No, Major League Soccer! The Galaxy are gonna be in town, and we gotta see Beckham before he runs on back to England!
Kr\/nkt45T!c: Your life sucks?
Emo1337: LOL, WTF? No, Major League Soccer! The Galaxy are gonna be in town, and we gotta see Beckham before he runs on back to England!
by President Warren G. Harding July 11, 2009
Get the MLS mug.Amalgamation of "tourist" and "terrorist," a tourerist is a person or group of persons who exhibit reprehensible behavior while visiting a foreign country.
a) I watched in horror as a fat, unwashed American wearing a confederate-flag t-shirt shouted, "Look honey, it's the moaner-lisa!" and shoved past thirty people to gaze upon the famous painting. I thought, 'what a tourerist.'
b) Bob's cousin Heinrich was visiting from Germany, and could talk about nothing but how America is repressed, and greedy, and fat, and lazy. I told Bob his cousin was a damn tourerist.
c) When you're a guest in a foreign country or culture, you should learn the customs and some of the language, just as the locals should gently correct the guests if they commit any faux pas. If the locals do not do this, the they're letting the tourerists win.
b) Bob's cousin Heinrich was visiting from Germany, and could talk about nothing but how America is repressed, and greedy, and fat, and lazy. I told Bob his cousin was a damn tourerist.
c) When you're a guest in a foreign country or culture, you should learn the customs and some of the language, just as the locals should gently correct the guests if they commit any faux pas. If the locals do not do this, the they're letting the tourerists win.
by President Warren G. Harding April 19, 2009
Get the tourerist mug.The irrational, slightly hilarious, and apparently very real fear of a car or other machine transforming into a giant robot. On par with coulrophobia and triskaidekaphobia.
I met this chick last week who said that the movie 'Transformers' freaked her out. That crazy broad's got cybertronaphobia.
by President Warren G. Harding October 16, 2008
Get the cybertronaphobia mug.1) The inability to change the order of your Netflix queue once you've selected a movie/movies.
2) The watching of a movie from said queue for the sole purpose of crossing it off your list and getting to the next movie, and not because you actually wanted to watch it.
See also Netflixation, Netflixobia.
2) The watching of a movie from said queue for the sole purpose of crossing it off your list and getting to the next movie, and not because you actually wanted to watch it.
See also Netflixation, Netflixobia.
1)
Reginald: "Yes, Nigel, I would adore the opportunity to watch 'Office Space' with you this week, but 'Superman IV: The Quest for Peace' and 'Eagle Eye' are at the top of my queue and I simply MUST watch those first."
Nigel: "My word! You need to get over your atrocious NetflixOCD."
2)
Ilsa: "Ach lieben! I am quite NOT in the mood to watch 'Deliverance' after work today, but I'm watching it so I can send it back, dammit. I'm watching it RIGHT NOW.
Svetlana: "Well, I'll be down the street at the Krispy Kreme then, Cuz. You let me know how that NetflixOCD shit works out for ya. Holler."
Reginald: "Yes, Nigel, I would adore the opportunity to watch 'Office Space' with you this week, but 'Superman IV: The Quest for Peace' and 'Eagle Eye' are at the top of my queue and I simply MUST watch those first."
Nigel: "My word! You need to get over your atrocious NetflixOCD."
2)
Ilsa: "Ach lieben! I am quite NOT in the mood to watch 'Deliverance' after work today, but I'm watching it so I can send it back, dammit. I'm watching it RIGHT NOW.
Svetlana: "Well, I'll be down the street at the Krispy Kreme then, Cuz. You let me know how that NetflixOCD shit works out for ya. Holler."
by President Warren G. Harding March 19, 2009
Get the NetflixOCD mug.A region of the United States covering the geographic southern United States, or roughly the area south of the 37th or 38th parallels, north latitude.
Not to be confused with the Bible Belt, the Sun Belt extends beyond the states traditionally associated with the deep south (Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and the Carolinas), and extends west through the warmer climes of the continental U.S. (Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Florida, Colorado, Utah, Oklahoma, Nevada, extending as far north as Virginia).
The Sun Belt has seen substantial population growth in recent decades, fueled by milder winters, coupled with the availability and affordability of air conditioning. In addition, the latter half of the 20th century has seen a surge in retiring baby boomers migrating domestically, as well as the influx of immigrants, both legal and illegal, into this region.
One of the most densely populated areas for professional sports in the U.S., the college powerhouse SEC has existed there for over 75 years, with the population boom also adding to the creation of the eponymous Sun Belt Conference (est. 1976) and the currently higher profile Conference USA (est. 1995). All three conferences exist entirely within this region.
Not to be confused with the Bible Belt, the Sun Belt extends beyond the states traditionally associated with the deep south (Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and the Carolinas), and extends west through the warmer climes of the continental U.S. (Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Florida, Colorado, Utah, Oklahoma, Nevada, extending as far north as Virginia).
The Sun Belt has seen substantial population growth in recent decades, fueled by milder winters, coupled with the availability and affordability of air conditioning. In addition, the latter half of the 20th century has seen a surge in retiring baby boomers migrating domestically, as well as the influx of immigrants, both legal and illegal, into this region.
One of the most densely populated areas for professional sports in the U.S., the college powerhouse SEC has existed there for over 75 years, with the population boom also adding to the creation of the eponymous Sun Belt Conference (est. 1976) and the currently higher profile Conference USA (est. 1995). All three conferences exist entirely within this region.
Tony: Man, it's too crowded out here in New York, I don't even have room to think.
Andrea: I know it ain't for everyone, but my cousins moved down to the Sun Belt and they couldn't be happier.
Tony: Sun Belt? Is that like the Bible Belt?
Andrea: Naw, the Bible Belt is mostly conservative country folk. The urban population is exploding down there with new liberal voters, and Obama even carried Houston in 2008, not to mention all of New Mexico.
Andrea: I know it ain't for everyone, but my cousins moved down to the Sun Belt and they couldn't be happier.
Tony: Sun Belt? Is that like the Bible Belt?
Andrea: Naw, the Bible Belt is mostly conservative country folk. The urban population is exploding down there with new liberal voters, and Obama even carried Houston in 2008, not to mention all of New Mexico.
by President Warren G. Harding July 7, 2009
Get the Sun Belt mug.The 29th president of the United States (1921-1923), widely considered to be the worst President of all time, until soundly replaced in this title by George W. Bush (2001-2009).
Harding was from humble roots in the midwest, spoke in a a simple country manner, promised government jobs to his friends, had an administration largely associated with corruption, had a vice president who didn't say much, was immensely popular when he was elected before seeing his popularity nosedive until it was almost non-existent. In short, the only differences between Harding and the junior Bush was that Bush served 8 years to Harding's 2, and Harding never sent a single American soldier overseas to die.
Harding was not, in fact, a negro (this rumor was started by his oppositon prior to the 1920 election), though he was the first President elected after the passing of the 19th Amendment (the amendment that allowed women to vote). Unlike the junior Bush, Harding actually succeeded an *un*popular President, in that Woodrow Wilson won re-election by promising not to get involved in World War I, then entered it anyway. Another departue from Bush was the sheer mediocrity of his successor, Calvin Coolidge, who was famous for spending most of his eight years at the golf course.
The G does not, in fact, stand for Gangster.
Harding was from humble roots in the midwest, spoke in a a simple country manner, promised government jobs to his friends, had an administration largely associated with corruption, had a vice president who didn't say much, was immensely popular when he was elected before seeing his popularity nosedive until it was almost non-existent. In short, the only differences between Harding and the junior Bush was that Bush served 8 years to Harding's 2, and Harding never sent a single American soldier overseas to die.
Harding was not, in fact, a negro (this rumor was started by his oppositon prior to the 1920 election), though he was the first President elected after the passing of the 19th Amendment (the amendment that allowed women to vote). Unlike the junior Bush, Harding actually succeeded an *un*popular President, in that Woodrow Wilson won re-election by promising not to get involved in World War I, then entered it anyway. Another departue from Bush was the sheer mediocrity of his successor, Calvin Coolidge, who was famous for spending most of his eight years at the golf course.
The G does not, in fact, stand for Gangster.
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by President Warren G. Harding July 11, 2009
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