Get the simulance mug.The concept of copies of something for which there is no original. Basically, copies of things that never existed. This concept usually deals with ideology as opposed to a physical "original" for which something can be copied.
A perfect example would be a 50s diner. They are all over, yet no diner in the 50s was anything like these commercial restaurants. The 50s diner is essentially the phsyical embodyment of the IDEA of the 50s as opposed to things that truly existed in the decade. This concept has been copied over the years, and now 50s diners are just about everywhere.
In a more recent example, simulacrum can be found in today's music. The genre of "new-new wave" has spread like a virus thanks to bands like The Killers and The Bravery. But if you go back and listen - it sounds nothing like new wave. Someone decided to call it new wave thanks to something like the use of synths and warbly guitar solos. Other bands then copied this style, and what you have are copies of copies of things that never really happened. Copies of "new wave" that doesn't really sounda thing like real, genuine new wave.
In a more recent example, simulacrum can be found in today's music. The genre of "new-new wave" has spread like a virus thanks to bands like The Killers and The Bravery. But if you go back and listen - it sounds nothing like new wave. Someone decided to call it new wave thanks to something like the use of synths and warbly guitar solos. Other bands then copied this style, and what you have are copies of copies of things that never really happened. Copies of "new wave" that doesn't really sounda thing like real, genuine new wave.
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Get the Simulacrum mug.A now popular occurrence describing the phenomenon of a group of people flipping an emphatic bird at the same moment, often at the mere sound of 45’s voice.
Simultaneous trumpfinger, while watching the news, has become a family bonding experience in our household.
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Get the simultaneous trumpfinger mug.If an equation has two unknowns, such as 2y + x = 20, it cannot have unique solutions. Two unknowns require two equations which are solved at the same time (simultaneously) − but even then two equations involving two unknowns do not always give unique solutions.
This gives us a 'simultaneous equation'
This gives us a 'simultaneous equation'
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Get the simulacra mug."His activities were clearly no those of a homosexual, it was nothing more than simple simulacruphilia."
by Whistler January 17, 2005
Get the Simulacruphilia mug.A simulacriminal is someone illegally pretending to cry. It is a superword formed from the three words: simulacrum, lacrimal, and criminal.
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