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Hot as Hades

A slightly humorous and outdated expression in the South denoting hot and humid weather conditions.
As soon as Grandma stepped off the car she uttered: "Dear Lord! It's hot as Hades in here already!
by SouthofSouthwest February 14, 2012
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hades

Hades as used in the bible means the place of the dead, the grave pit. Hades is also used to indicate being spiritually dead, as used by Jesus in the Lazarus and the rich man illustration. Hades means the same thing as Sheol as far as the bible is concerned, only Sheol was Hebrew and Hades was Greek. See a Greek quote of a Hebrew scripture to prove this:

Psalm 16:10 - For You will not abandon me to Sheol; You will not allow Your Faithful One to see the Pit.

Acts 2:31 - He was not left in Hades, and His flesh did not experience decay.

In Greek mythology the meaning of Hades described more elaborately “the world of the dead.” These ideas about the place Hades represented in Greek mythology were eventually grandfathered into the bible’s teachings regarding the place of the dead.

For some time around and after 325 C.E. when Rome was in the process of converting to Christianity, there was pressure for the church to cater their teachings to the beliefs of pagan nations in order to gain pagan converts. In consequence of these modified doctrines, much of what is taught among Christendom today regarding the state of the dead was actually taken from Egyptian and Greek beliefs of these subjects.
Then the sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead; all were judged according to their works.
by coupedehill September 23, 2009
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Hadishi

To bring up a joke repeatedly, long past the point where it is funny. Sometimes, the very fact that the joke keeps being brought up is funny though.
Man, that joke is so Hadishi. I must have heard it 43 times last week! And if you necro that thread again I'm going to drive to your house and kill you.
by Krib January 29, 2007
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Gates of Hades

An intensely scary dose (see I-doser) that often involves one twitching, nightmares, paranoia, etc. A mixture of certain sounds to alter your brain waves.
Kevin: Hey dude let's listen to Gates of Hades!

Ross: No way, thats supposed to be scary as hell!
by I-Doser June 27, 2011
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Hamas

Hamas, the main Islamist movement in the Palestinian territories, was born soon after the previous intifada erupted in 1987. The organization opposes the Oslo peace process and its short-term aim is a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Palestinian territories. Hamas does not recognize the right of Israel to exist. Its long-term aim is to establish an Islamic state on land originally mandated as Palestine - most of which has been contained within Israel's borders since its creation in 1948. The grass-roots organization - with a political and a military wing - has an unknown number of hard-core members but tens of thousands of supporters and sympathizers.
It has two main functions: 1) it is involved in building schools and hospitals in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and in helping the community in social and religious ways. 2) The military wing of Hamas - known as the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades - has carried out a series of bloody attacks against Israeli targets. In February and March 1996, Hamas carried out several bus bombings, killing nearly 60 Israelis. It was also blamed for attacks in 1997 in Jerusalem which killed 15 people, and brought the peace process grinding to a halt. Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority (PA) - the government-in-waiting if a Palestinian state is established - views Hamas as a serious rival, yet the Palestinian leader has tried to co-opt the movement into mainstream politics. But his insistence that Hamas recognize the PA as the only national authority in the Palestinian territories and cease military operations against Israel has been resisted. Hamas argues that to accept the PA would be to recognize the Oslo accords - which Islamist groups saw as nothing more than a security deal between the PA, Israel and the US, with the ultimate aim of wiping them out. Despite a fierce offensive against the group in 1996, when the PA arrested some 1,000 Palestinians and took over mosques in Gaza, the PA has been careful not to drive Hamas underground.
by Dancing with Fire January 22, 2011
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Ayumi Hamasaki

1) A Japanese singing deity.
2) One of the main reasons I and probably everyone else watch Inuyasha.
3) J-Pop Queeen.
Ah- Itsuka eien no
Nemuri ni tsuku hi made
Douka sono egao ga
Taemanaku aru you ni
by MayGah February 8, 2004
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haas

A particularly trustworthy and steadfast person. In memorium for Haas Cartwright.
Thanks for the dinner, Brad, you're a Haas!
by Ian MacDonald November 1, 2003
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