Sweet Light

Indirect sunlight experienced in the period just before sunset or just after sunrise that has been refracted by the atmosphere into a golden or even an orangish-red color that flatters landscapes and life forms alike and is highly prized by both photographers and painters. It is also the safest light in which to sunbathe.
Manhattan's architecturally inconsistent jumble of high rise office towers and apartment buildings looked like a beautiful, unified whole in glow of the sweet light of a late winter's day.

The Louvre, which often looks imposing amid the Parisian gloom, radiates a refined elegance in the sweet light of the sunset.
by AYYFRON November 28, 2009
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Globular Clusterfuck

A number of closely interrelated disasters that are connected to one another through their collective gravity.

The expression is the combination of the astronomical term globular cluster for group of stars and a clusterfuck.
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will ruin corporate reputations, damage the fishing industry, kill countless fish and birds, pollute beaches and coastal wetlands. In short it is a globular clusterfuck that will take years to recover from.

World War I, the Spanish Flu, the Great Depression and World War 2 are viewed by many historians as a globular clusterfuck that spanned over three decades.
by AYYFRON June 01, 2010
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Baby Tank

A woman, often a homemaker, whose main purpose is to reproduce on behalf of her husband or boyfriend.
I saw that Saudi man again shopping at Harrods with his four baby tanks today, each one wrapped up in their bed sheets and looking like they were about to pop.
by AYYFRON September 29, 2009
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name carpetbombing

excessive name dropping, a combination of name dropping and carpet bombing
Person one: "And then the President said, and then Micheal Jordan said and then Lagerfeld showed up, George Clooney said hello to me, Dan Rather was like, oh my God, and then there was Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Tom Brokaw, The Queen of England, Mayor Bloomberg.."

Person two: "Shut up."

Person one: "Why?"

Person two: "You're name carpetbombing."
by AYYFRON April 06, 2011
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scozzafava

verb -- 1) to incite internal opposition against and undermine a moderate member of a political party, usually by right wing forces. 2) to ideologically purify an organization by eliminating members who don't adhere to orthodoxy.

The verb is derived from the last name of Dede Scozzafava, a pro-choice, pro-gay rights, Republican State Legislator in New York, who was a candidate for New York's 23rd Congressional district in a 2009 special election until she was drummed out the race by vigorous opposition from far right figures such as former Alaska Governor and Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin as well as former Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey both of whom supported the third party candidacy of Doug Hoffman. Moderate Democrat Bill Owens ultimately won the race, prevailing in a district that had not elected a member of his party in over 100 years.
Republican wing nuts are looking to scozzafava a number of their own moderate office holders in the upcoming party primaries. One of their targets is Ellen Smith because she doesn't agree with the NRA's stance that the best way to prevent massacres on college campuses is for students and professors to carry concealed weapons.

The Pope has decided to scozzafava the church by defrocking priests who voice disagreement with the Holy See's opposition to the use of condoms.
by AYYFRON November 06, 2009
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smiling bitch

A rude, nasty, verbally aggressive person (usually a woman but not always) who makes snide comments through a fake, neocortex smile.
Normal Person: I talked to someone at the baggage claim who said that they would have my bag ready within four hours.

Smiling Bitch: Oh. Well, I guess that they must have been wrong.

Normal Personal: Why are you smiling?

Smiling bitch: Because I'm not just a bitch, hon, I'm a smiling bitch.
by AYYFRON January 27, 2011
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sympathy cold

A mild illness that one contracts or develops following the passing of a loved one.
Crap. Uncle Tim died. That means I'll get a sympathy cold that will last for weeks.
by AYYFRON March 16, 2011
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