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Parade Mode 

What you get with Harley owners riding five miles an hour and stopping to rev their engines every thirty feet while never leaving the block. Ridiculously slow speeds also seen with many corvette owners.
A friend pointed out he disliked obnoxious owners of sports bikes and Harley's equally. I pointed out the sports bike guys make less noisy. Also they will be ten miles down the road when the average Harley guy is just getting started with his parade mode of racket. He agreed.

Riding a bicycle 12mph in a 30 zone I passed a C5 Corvette in parade mode. Half mile later he was still going 10 miles per hour.
Parade Mode by Harley Earl January 9, 2012

parade rainage 

What happens when someone proverbialy rains on your parade meaning they ruin your triumphant moment.
JU: The Cardinals won the World Series!
Them: Just because the other team felt bad for them.
JU: Thats serious parade rainage
parade rainage by Ju P April 25, 2008

parade wave

Oscillation of the hand from the wrist with minimal input from the elbow or shoulder. Popularised by the British Royal Family.

Often to be seen from the back of landaus and throught the glass of armoured limousines as royals waft past.

Unpopular with American presidents who seem to prefer a more grandstanding straight up from the shoulder type vigorous waggling of the whole arm. But then, they only have to do it for 8 years, not a lifetime.
There goes the Queen Mum, giving the crowd her elegant little parade wave.
parade wave by hierophant November 17, 2005

Parade Trumps Jew 

An exclamtion used to describe being at a parade in celebration of a sports team's championship, when:

a) you are not a fan of said team
b) your Jew friends that are real fans are not there with you
c) both a and b
"You have no idea how pissed I am that you were there. You don't even like them."
"Parade trumps Jew."

parade of failure 

a public, ongoing, spectacular display of ineptitude.
Working corporate retail, you will be treated to a seemingly endless parade of failure.

The parade of failure which constituted Warren G Harding's term as US president in the early 1920s has endowed him with an undesirable title of Maybe Worst President Ever.
parade of failure by staggosaurus December 8, 2010

Parade Horse 

A person that we call like a parade horse, has the behavior of being proud no matter what the circumstances, shits when and wherever they want to, and doesnt worry about anything, because someone else will come by and clean it up. Just like a parade horse in a parade. It is a Brazilian saying, but a very good one that fits many people.
My boss is just like a parade horse, doesnt worry about anything and lets others clean up his mess, and proud to do it.
Parade Horse by shaw1188 December 6, 2014