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Light commonly used in theatrical settings or for bands and soforth. Short for parabolic reflector in a can - it's basically a car headlight, very high wattage (typically 500-750) and quite bright. They're also known for being quite cheap and throwing a nice, even light but not being nearly as flexible as an ellipsoidal or fresnel.
If you drop a light from the catwalk, you're in deep shit - unless it was just a parcan.
parcan by Entropist March 22, 2004
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Parangutan 

A person who is constantly pranging out hard, almost like some sort of scatty great ape.
Aislinn: what's that noise, I think I can hear sirens?

Christian: Stop pranging out, you're such a parangutan sometimes.
Parangutan by Urbex13 February 20, 2012

scantron paranoia 

the feeling one experiences when taking a test on a scantron and getting the same answer multiple times in a row; applies to students
I got five B's in a row on my scantron, one of them HAD to have been wrong. I hate scantron paranoia.
scantron paranoia by iCoinedThat1199 December 28, 2009

Boner Paranoia 

When you have a boner and everything looks fuckable (extremely horny)
Bro, I have boner paranoia. I'm so down to fuck my 45 year old Hispanic house keeper.

Peter Paranoia 

One who will make false accusations about people and be unable to back them up.

They will convince themselves that the accusations are real, and will never admit that it was made up.
Peter Paranoia claimed that Joe was stealing all of his tools from his shed, then Peter Paranoia accused somebody of urinating in his chocolate biscuits and lemonade.

What a cuckoo!
Peter Paranoia by meds4u January 15, 2010

parangaricutirimicuaro 

Parangaricutirimicuaro is a tongue twister that many Hispanics use. Sometimes used as teasing someone who repeats everything you say then you say Parangaricutirimicuaro, and you end up winning.

By the way that is the way you spell it. Many people spell it wrong.
(me: im hungry
you: im hungry
me: stop copying me
you: stop copying me
me: parangaricutirimicuaro
you: parag, parigua, para, ahh i give up!)

or here's a bigger phrase...

"El volcan del PARANGARICUTIRIMICUARO, se quiere DESPARANGARICUTIRIMICUAR, el que lo DESPARANGARICUTIRIMICUERE, sera un buen DESPARANGARICUTIRIMICUADOR"

Marvin The Paranoid Android 

A cynical robot who doesn't think the best of most people. One of the main characters in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
"Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they ask me to open a door" - Marvin The Paranoid Android