The perception that (despite much effort) no progress is actually being made as one attempts to struggle forward with one's life. From salmon run + (tape or film) loop; combining the difficultly encountered by salmon as they head upstream to spawn and the endless repetition of a film or tape loop.
Every month it was the same thing: a salmon run loop of cutting back on everything in order to keep up with the spiraling interest on the family's credit cards.
by maximo hudson June 26, 2009
Making the system work for you. This may include taking home office supplies, sending out mail for free, or running your own business from work. Also known as bumpin da grind.
With his low salary and absolutely no benefits, Will realized he was never going to make it in his current job unless he began looking after his own needs and stated bumping the grind .
by maximo hudson February 05, 2009
A noun used to denote speech such as "dagnabbit," "gosh dern," and "whippersnapper" stereotypically associated with cantankerous old men.
The cantankerous septuagenarian used the oldcootism of "You young whippersnapper" to address a neighborhood kid who had ventured onto his lawn.
by maximo hudson December 12, 2010
The dream many writers have of becoming wealthy from their writings. From the success of the Harry Potter novels by author J.K. Rowling.
Sure, Papa wrote about the downtrodden in his books and received critical acclaim, but his real desire was to become Harry Potter rich.
by maximo hudson May 23, 2009
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
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 01, 2009
Upon waking, Tabby and Calico greeted their human family with their purring, while Little Black Sunshine, slowly awakening from a deep slumber, stretched, twitched his whiskers, and then let out a long meyawn.
by maximo hudson May 31, 2009