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Definitions by retailguy

Icelandic volcano 

When something small and of little significance causes a major and disproportionate clusterf*** for a huge number of people.
Boss: Why were you late for work?

Employee: A car broke down on I-5 and turned into an Icelandic volcano... I couldn't move for hours.
Icelandic volcano by retailguy April 18, 2010

friendmining 

Searching through the friends list of your own contacts on sites like Facebook and Linkedin in the hopes of growing your own friends list for appearances' sake.
Q: How do you know Tom?

A: I don't really... I was friendmining and he is a friend of Steve's.
friendmining by retailguy October 16, 2008