Late fall, winter and early spring in the upper Midwest. The name derives from the off-white sky, horizon and ground that makes delineating the three virtually impossible. One feels that they are trapped inside of a table tennis ball.
"I can't stand this weather. Everything is coated with the same awful color."
"That's what you get this time of year in Cleveland. What did you expect? It's ping pong ball season."
"That's what you get this time of year in Cleveland. What did you expect? It's ping pong ball season."
by Cirdellin January 04, 2010
Get the Ping pong ball season mug.The fear that one may lose a body part due to any kind of door that is perceived to be closing too quickly. The phrase is said to have originated from 18th century survivors of the French Revolution who passed their remaining days in a kind of post traumatic stress disorder and obsessing about sharp quickly closing things.
"Johnny get your hand back into this elevator, the door is about to close!"
"Mom, it is just an elevator door."
"Yeah that's what you said about the bus door this morning."
"Mom I think you have le guillotine de la porte and the stories you hear are just urban legends."
"Just get your hand out of the door."
"Mom, it is just an elevator door."
"Yeah that's what you said about the bus door this morning."
"Mom I think you have le guillotine de la porte and the stories you hear are just urban legends."
"Just get your hand out of the door."
by Cirdellin December 31, 2009
Get the Le guillotine de la porte mug.The realization that one can never achieve distinction on one's job no matter how hard one works or how much is contributed to that job. Due to this, the employee's best course of action is to do as little as possible while working.
"You still doing that same old job? You haven't gotten a promotion in 15 years!"
"I know. Job float is great!"
"I know. Job float is great!"
by Cirdellin January 13, 2010
Get the Job float mug.A woman who by all objective standards is quite beautiful but retains a subtle indescribable flaw that somehow undermines her overall beauty. It is also sometimes known as Miley Cyrus Syndrome.
"Dude what's wrong with you? How could you break up with Carol? She is a fox!"
"I don't know. There was something about her mouth that bugged me. I can't explain it."
(Pensive now) Yeah I think I get what you're saying now. I sort of noticed that too.
"It's like Kirsten Dunst Syndrome, I guess"
"You mean Miley Cyrus syndrome?"
"Same thing...whatever."
"I don't know. There was something about her mouth that bugged me. I can't explain it."
(Pensive now) Yeah I think I get what you're saying now. I sort of noticed that too.
"It's like Kirsten Dunst Syndrome, I guess"
"You mean Miley Cyrus syndrome?"
"Same thing...whatever."
by Cirdellin December 23, 2009
Get the Kirsten Dunst Syndrome mug.Named after the Ally McBeal series actress, this is a condition in which men literally stop in their tracks when looking at a woman that is completely physically stunning and flawless. It is sometimes marked by the loss of peripheral consciousness for hours or days as the male stares transfixed, feeling no pain nor hunger nor any sense of responsibility to attend to necessary matters. In war, the use of Ms Krakowski directly, via her surrogates, or her images to immobilize the enemy is expressly forbidden under any and all of the Geneva Convention agreements.
"Whoa Jake...You zoned out dude. One minute you were fine and the next you were comatose. Was it that blonde in the blue miniskirt?"
(Still in something of a stupor) "Yeah. I think so."
"Jane Krakowski Effect huh?"
(Beside himself now) "Is she here? The real one? Where?" (Jake fades out again lost in a mental image)
"Oh the blessing and curse of having the angel Jane Krakowski and her ilk living amongst us." (Jake's friend laments)
(Still in something of a stupor) "Yeah. I think so."
"Jane Krakowski Effect huh?"
(Beside himself now) "Is she here? The real one? Where?" (Jake fades out again lost in a mental image)
"Oh the blessing and curse of having the angel Jane Krakowski and her ilk living amongst us." (Jake's friend laments)
by Cirdellin December 29, 2009
Get the Jane Krakowski Effect mug.An employee who experiences a loss of consciousness that can go on for hours or days. In this state, he or she will have no memory at all of the work he or she performed. Also known as work autopilot and work robot, these are usually people who feel that they have no future in their own company. It is believed that the "lost" time is spent in internal calculation so as not to allow the brain cells to atrophy.
"Jones, you cretin. What were you thinking? Were you paying any attention at all to your work?"
(In a fog) "Sorry boss. I must have become a work zombie. "
(In a fog) "Sorry boss. I must have become a work zombie. "
by Cirdellin January 18, 2010
Get the Work zombie mug.The happy expression on an employee's face when he or she has made a serious mistake at a loathed workplace. To the employee, it signals the possibility that the work place's reputation has been seriously damaged. This only occurs when an employee stays on for the perverse purpose of causing such damage.
"Jones. you moron! What were you thinking? The client thinks we are idiots now thanks to you."
"Really?" Jones responds with an error smirk.
"Really?" Jones responds with an error smirk.
by Cirdellin January 11, 2010
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