by obie October 21, 2003
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by obie November 02, 2003
v. in comedy: when a stand-up comic starts strong and engages the crowd well but ends weakly and has lost the audience.
Term made popular by Mitch Hedberg.
Term made popular by Mitch Hedberg.
"Pancakes are great when you start eating them, but by the time you get to the end your totally sick of them. That's why pancaking is a going to be a new comedy term, because some comics start off great. By the time their ending their act, though, you're sick of them. 'Hey, look at Mitch up there! He's totally pancaking!'"
by Obie August 23, 2006
The exchanging of anecdotes or experiances instead of conversation. Small talk that is meant to make all parties involved feel good.
by obie June 20, 2006