proximal

nearest to the body or core

Citations that are proximal to the main contribution of a paper are more significant.

by david dictionary May 12, 2015

Distal star proximal dog

Pseudo scientific nerd lingo for a girl that looks great from far away and then ugly as hell when you get up close to her. She looks like a shining star from across the room, but up close, she makes you shudder and cringe.

One nerd: "Hey check out that babe over there across the room".

Other nerd who's seen her up close already:
"Distal star proximal dog".

by Low Class Loser June 26, 2008

Disloyal Proximal Phalanges

Somebody in a relationship who secretly masturbates to porn instead of making love to their partner. They have disloyal hands.

Peter performed disloyal proximal phalanges activities when he went and tossed off in the toilet instead of making love to his girlfriend.

by Milandra September 29, 2011

proximate cause

n. a phrase used by lawyer to make it seem as if somebody didn't do something wrong when they really did.

Lawyer: Yes, your Honor, my clients may have created fake financial records for Enron, but they were not a proximate cause of harm to Enron shareholders because Enron was going to implode anyways.

by Petrochelli May 2, 2008

proximate

prox· i· mate | \ˈpräk-sə-mət \ 1) A person you mate with who is close to you by kinship or in some other way. 2) A person who mates with you on behalf of another, i.e. a proxy mate.

Jack: Hey, are you and your second cousin still fuck buddies?
John: No. She moved to California, but she sent me Jill as her proximate, and she's awesome.
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Mike Pence is Donald Trump's kochsucker proximate for the one percenters.

by Len Bakerloo December 22, 2018

orion proxima

a crab who is named after space thing.

person 1: hey, I'm orion proxima
person 2: *blocks him*

by blobblobblobblobblobblobblob November 9, 2020

hyper proximation

a fancy way of saying orgasm

Lina screamed in ecstacy as she reached hyper proximation.

by derek December 9, 2002