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noun:
1. The capacity to suppress outwards signs or expressions of suffering or pain, either emotional or physical as an act of inner strength or to appear to possess strength of character.
NOTE: Gamman is a Japanese cultural trait and is considered untranslatable.
1. The capacity to suppress outwards signs or expressions of suffering or pain, either emotional or physical as an act of inner strength or to appear to possess strength of character.
NOTE: Gamman is a Japanese cultural trait and is considered untranslatable.
noun: Caleb mustered gamman to not shed a tear when the doctor gave his dislocated shoulder a quick yank.
Travis used gamman to maintan a stiff upper lip when his girlfriend confessed to being unfaithful to him.
Travis used gamman to maintan a stiff upper lip when his girlfriend confessed to being unfaithful to him.
by Achilles Murat II October 27, 2011
Get the gamman mug.noun: 1. An audition for a play, TV show, commercial, movie, musical group, or musical at which one is asked to do something peculiar.
2. A strange addition or newcomer to a group, family, company, or organization.
2. A strange addition or newcomer to a group, family, company, or organization.
At the artsy-fartsy film oddition, Cheryl was asked to lie topless on a large bed of salami while men dressed with only socks on their scrotum frolicked about her and made birdlike sounds.
Trying to fit into his new, conservative family, Joe, the left-leaning orphan, felt like an oddition to the group.
Trying to fit into his new, conservative family, Joe, the left-leaning orphan, felt like an oddition to the group.
by Achilles Murat II November 11, 2011
Get the oddition mug.noun: An injury involving cutting, lacerating, or mangling one's hand, finger, or fingers on the strings or hardware of an electric guitar in the course of picking or strumming an electric guitar with extreme fervor and reckless abandon.
NOTE: The word is derived from the manner in which Pete Townshend – of The Who fame – frequently injured his right, strumming and picking hand during his performances, as he did his famous "windmills" and otherwise played with extreme passion and violence to the point of self-mutilation. Townshend once impaled the palm of his right hand with the vibrato arm of his Fender Stratocaster, which resulted in the cancellation of several shows of a concert tour.
NOTE: The word is derived from the manner in which Pete Townshend – of The Who fame – frequently injured his right, strumming and picking hand during his performances, as he did his famous "windmills" and otherwise played with extreme passion and violence to the point of self-mutilation. Townshend once impaled the palm of his right hand with the vibrato arm of his Fender Stratocaster, which resulted in the cancellation of several shows of a concert tour.
Ex.: Robert did a Peteism, gashing his hand on the metal parts of his guitar as he played, while the strings and the guitar body were streaked with blood.
by Achilles Murat II October 27, 2011
Get the Peteism mug.noun: 1. A hybrid of the words "verbal", or "verbiage", and "kiss". 2. A spoken, written, typed, or printed message containing amorous desire or intent 3. A spoken or written message that states the writer's desire to kiss the recipient. 4. A written letter also containing a graphic image or an imprint of kissing lips 5. A flirtatious note or letter. 6. A love letter
by Achilles Murat II November 8, 2011
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