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Munchhausen

A baron of Bodenwerder, a small city in the area of Lower Saxony, Germany, between Hanover and Goettingen. Known for his dubious stories of his travels, from flying to the moon on a cannonball, to shooting a deer with a cherry pit for a bullet, only to find it again the following year with a cherry tree growing on its head. In Bodenwerder, you can see statues of Munchhausen everywhere, humorously depicting a part of his stories.
"As Munchhausen walked into town, the gate fell onto his horse, and sliced it in half. The front half of the horse continued on, while the back half was taken by the butcher to be made into meat. When the horse stopped to drink, the water spewed out his back as if he were a fountain..."
by UM North Quad January 9, 2009
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hollywood treatment

when a mainstream film producer adapts an original idea/story/novel into a film, but compromises many plot points for the purpose of making money off of the film to a larger more general audience; much of this is in dismay to the original writer who in the end has little control over what happens
author: aw man! what happened to my story? they ruined it completely! this man wasn't supposed to die! and what's with this love triangle?

onlooker: you got the hollywood treatment man!
by UM North Quad December 5, 2010
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standard issue belt

A term used to refer to a studded black belt (leather or vinyl), typically found in the wardrobes of anybody who identifies with any alternative lifestyle, good and bad (rockers, punks, metalheads, goths, ravers, emos, etc). This term is used by any of the above mentioned people due to their abundance and ready availability and to indicate their necessity in an alternative wardrobe.
hmm, looking for some new clothes, know where to start?
start with a standard issue belt, then let's get some better pants and some good shirts. also you'll need a good jacket!
by UM North Quad December 16, 2011
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expensive paperweight

An object that may have had an original purpose (usually electronic devices) or a concept model of something else, but in any case unable to serve its intended purpose except as a display item or a paperweight
Since many of these paperweights, especially those of the old electronics category, required a larger investment at its initial purchase, these paperweights become expensive, hence, the "expensive paperweight"
I found an old ipod in my uncle's basement, but it doesn't even work anymore so now it's just an expensive paperweight!

Is that a BlackBerry?
It WAS a BlackBerry, now it's just an expensive paperweight!

Whoa is that seriously a holographic infrared keyboard?
Nope, this is just the concept model for a holographic infrared keyboard that got rejected during the pitch... So now it's just an expensive paperweight!
by UM North Quad December 28, 2015
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cy

a shortened word for "cyber"

originally used in the same manner as cyber, it has since become a title (ie Mr, Mrs, Dr, Sgt, Cpt, etc) for cybergoths

many cybergoths posting Cy as the first name on their facebooks (usually preceded by an actual cyber name/nickname) will often get mistakenly called such instead of their actual name
Cybergoth: Hello, I'm Cy Mercata

Person: Cool, can I call you Cy?

Cybergoth: no but you can call me Mercata
by UM North Quad July 5, 2012
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zeekyboogydoog

the word used in the demented cartoon movie that causes a nuclear explosion
someone's just going to come up and say zeekyboogydoog any second now! but u just said......(explosion)
by UM North Quad August 30, 2005
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ghost money

money that appears in a bank account but does not actually "exist" in the sense that it's required to pay a bill or rent, or a check was written for X amount and that amount in the account is untouchable
hey wanna go hit the bars tonight?
can't got no money
thought you just got paid?
yeah that's ghost money, it's rent week :P
oh.... bummer
by UM North Quad August 11, 2012
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