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When driving a Prius, you can view a bar-graph of your fuel consumption over the past 30 minutes. A "prius tetris" is when you go five consecutive minutes (or more) at 99.9 miles per gallon. This shows on your bar-graph as a long, straight bar, similar to the four-high bars in Tetris.
by Yet Another Josh Cohen March 10, 2009
Get the prius tetris mug.1. Comedian Mitch Hedberg refered to "pancaking" as starting out strong, but then halfway through your act, the audience is sick of you. Kind of like when you eat a lot of pancakes; they're great at first, but by the end you're like "jeez, that's too much".
2. Street for "crack". (See Family Guy)
2. Street for "crack". (See Family Guy)
1. Most "featured" comedians -- not headliners, but the people who come before them -- pancake halfway through their act.
2. "Pancakes." -Stewie
2. "Pancakes." -Stewie
by Yet Another Josh Cohen August 23, 2006
Get the pancake mug.The "twist ending" that pervades science fiction, horror, mystery, and fantasy writing, television, or film -- basically, anything that might get the label "genre". The classic example is that Bruce Willis was dead the entire time.
Marlene: Hey, did you watch Criminal Minds last week?
Jill: Yeah, but I figured out the genre twist just before they revealed the kid was the killer.
Marlene: I got it before the end of the second commercial break.
Jill: Yeah, but I figured out the genre twist just before they revealed the kid was the killer.
Marlene: I got it before the end of the second commercial break.
by Yet Another Josh Cohen April 27, 2009
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