an economic term for the benefit you get (or retain) when you obtain something for less than you think it is really worth.
I got a new Gizmondo for 100 pounds and I would have paid up to 200 so I had a lot of consumer surplus.
That company has a monopoly so they jack up the prices to erode my consumer surplus.
That company has a monopoly so they jack up the prices to erode my consumer surplus.
by adam_before_eve July 30, 2006
Get the consumer surplusmug. dreary, boring, insect-infested state populated by people that mangle pronunciation of common words.
Prone to clueless politicians and misguided social programs that induce children to run away from home.
Almost as bad a state as Wisconsin.
Prone to clueless politicians and misguided social programs that induce children to run away from home.
Almost as bad a state as Wisconsin.
I got transferred to Minnesota so I quit my job and started drinking.
Everyone I ran into in St. Paul was a box head.
Everyone I ran into in St. Paul was a box head.
by adam_before_eve April 17, 2006
Get the Minnesotamug. Mascot for the University of Spoiled Children, often seen mincing and prancing along the sidelines bow-legged at the LA Coliseum after having been reamed by some alumnus.
Tommy Trojan enjoys taking it up the ass from anyone, especially alumni that have USC bumper stickers.
by adam_before_eve July 29, 2006
Get the Tommy Trojanmug. aka Brom, Brummagem, etc
a historical English city of great import that often gets a bad rap.
Queen of the West Midlands, King of the Hill, and you can fly out of there, too.
a historical English city of great import that often gets a bad rap.
Queen of the West Midlands, King of the Hill, and you can fly out of there, too.
I grew up in the Bull Ring in Birmingham, so people think I talk funny.
They named a town in Alabama after my city, so there is a Brom in the New World, too.
They named a town in Alabama after my city, so there is a Brom in the New World, too.
by adam_before_eve May 01, 2006
Get the Birminghammug. A Swede.
The original box heads were Swedes, and others such as Albanians or Russians are merely Johnny-come-latelys to the group.
The original box heads were Swedes, and others such as Albanians or Russians are merely Johnny-come-latelys to the group.
Have you ever noticed how Swedes have heads shaped like boxes? That must be why they are called box heads.
D'oh.
I drive a boxy Volvo because I am a box head.
D'oh.
I drive a boxy Volvo because I am a box head.
by adam_before_eve April 17, 2006
Get the box headmug. also spelled s'crapper: someone that gets by on scraps, or gets into scraps, and might as well live in a crapper; a down-and-outer, a loser
by adam_before_eve September 21, 2005
Get the scrappermug. His idea of a hot date is an Irish seven-course dinner before hangin' at the 7-11.
We had an Irish gourmet delight with some ketchup for dessert.
We had an Irish gourmet delight with some ketchup for dessert.
by adam_before_eve September 24, 2005
Get the Irish seven-course dinnermug.