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Transcending the madness of day-to-day existence with the spiritual equipoise of a buddha. From the headline: World's Largest Buddha Rises Above Phuket.
"I'd like to recommend Johnson for the project, since it is fraught with organizational difficulty, and he is constantly rising above Phuket ."
by maximo hudson March 2, 2009
Get the Rising above Phuket mug.A term denoting a female propagator of spam. It conveys a negative connotation. From spam + zilla (from the Japanese film monster Godzilla).
That girl's a regular spamzilla, the way she copy-pastes and posts every piece of spam she lays eyes on.
by maximo hudson January 26, 2010
Get the spamzilla mug.An brief electronic shout-out to a friend or family member when one is time-challenged - in order to at least touch base. From electronic + holla. Similar in its construction to e-mail (electronic + mail). An e-holla might also be considered a quick response to e-mail or other form of electronic communication. See holla-back.
by maximo hudson June 11, 2009
Get the e-holla mug.Pertaining to the period of time before the catastrophic eruption of Thea, about 1600-1500 BCE, the resultant tsunamis of which are believed to have caused the downfall of the Minoan civilization. This event is thought by many to be the basis of Plato's story of Atlantis. The word literally means "before the flood." From the Latin ante (before) + diluvium (flood).
by maximo hudson December 8, 2010
Get the antediluvian mug.Shock and Love is that progressive political policy which seeks to use instances of crisis to further the betterment of mankind. It differs from the conservative policy of Shock and Awe which seeks to use the same instances to further empower the already powerful and to curtail the self evident liberties of the masses.
With the lives of three hundred million Americans at stake, the Obama administration, in a classic example of Shock and Love, was able to use the panic created by the flu pandemic to force Senate Republicans to do the right thing and confirm Kathleen Sibelius as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
by maximo hudson May 1, 2009
Get the Shock and Love mug.A lighthearted way of asking someone if an ongoing problem has yet been addressed. From a question asked President Barack Obama by his daughter, Malia, in regard to the disastrous 2010 British Petroleum / Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
"Did you plug the hole yet, Daddy?" the farmer's wife asked her husband after he came back from trying yet again to get the neighbor's horses out of the cornfield.
by maximo hudson May 27, 2010
Get the Did you plug the hole yet, Daddy? mug.A state of mental dating distraction. It occurs when an individual on the make is presented with too many equally attractive choices at the same time. Similar to the sensory overload experienced by a lioness crossing open ground to advance on a heard of zebras. The end result is often missed opportunity and frustration.
The zebra effect hit Chico hard as he stared at the table of beautiful woman, unable to decide which one to pursue.
by maximo hudson February 4, 2009
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