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six degrees of separation

The theory that any two people in the world are connected in some way by no more than six people.
Using sexual contact as an example: when one has contact with another person, contact is effectively made with every person that person has come into contact with, and every person those people have come into contact with and so on.

Harry Potter separation anxiety

the empty feeling you feel when you realize that as of July 2011, there will be no new installments of Harry Potter, and that the Deathly Hallows is going to make you cry because it will all be over.
Person 1: "Man, I can't believe how good Deathly Hallows was."

Person 2: "Yeah, this just means I'm gonna have a bad case of Harry Potter separation anxiety now that it's over."

Six Degrees of Facebook Separation

The idea that any two people on Facebook can be connected through no more than 4 mutual friendships.

The average person has 130 friends on Facebook, meaning that they have on average 130² friends of friends, 130³ friends of friends of friends, and so on. In six degrees that encompasses 130^5 people. This is 3.7 billion people, more than the entire global Facebook community.
Jane is friends with Mark
who is friends with Karisa
who is friends with Oleshia
who is friends with Chenwei
who is friends with 손재호

Six Degrees of Facebook Separation

textbook separation 

The failure to stick together in L4D, usually resulting in being pounced by a hunter or pulled by a smoker where your teammates cannot immediately rescue you.
Hunter pounces Francis

Zoey: A hunter pounced Francis!
Af-1: TEXTBOOK SEPARATION FRANCIS!

7th degree of separation

Person/organisation who claims an association to you or a network with which you are associated (i.e. recruiter who asks to join your LinkedIn network in order to gain access to friends and colleagues without your knowledge/approval) purely for personal or financial gain.
I really don't know that guy; he's 7th degree of separation. Don't give him anything.

Drone Separation Anxiety 

The horrible feeling you get when:
1. You see your drone developing a mind of its own and flying back to mainland China where it was begotten.
2. When you forget your drone(s) at work and to go get them is a hassle.
3. When your partner drags you to the Opera and you'd rather be flying your drones.
4. When you can't sleep thinking you have not properly charged the drone batteries for the next day's flight.
5. When your classes drag on & on and all you're thinking is locking in some GPS and soaring.
I left my micro drones at work and now, I'm having drone separation anxiety!