A long period of silence or confused babble in response to a simple question. Done to allow the person to come up with some kind of desperate, plausible response.
Denoting that the Republican presidential candidate has no clue how to answer the question except to use one of the Republican's stock phrases like "President Obama did it wrong." Also known as brain fart, senior moment, Santorum Stumble, Michele Melt-down, Gingrich Gaffe, Mitt Muddle, a Rick Rest-period, etc.
Denoting that the Republican presidential candidate has no clue how to answer the question except to use one of the Republican's stock phrases like "President Obama did it wrong." Also known as brain fart, senior moment, Santorum Stumble, Michele Melt-down, Gingrich Gaffe, Mitt Muddle, a Rick Rest-period, etc.
When the Herminator got asked about his possible inappropriate sexual behavior with former female staffers in the National restaurant Association, he got really quiet for a long time. Then he said, "I thought they wanted me to hold the pepperoni!" Later he called that a "powerful pause."
by docsterx November 24, 2011
Get the Powerful pausemug. A shirt (be it a tshirt, button down, tank top etc) that seems to have remarkable pulling power. The wearer will more likely than not hook up while wearing the shirt.
I borrowed the shirt of power from John on Saturday night and I pulled 3 chicks! I need to wash it before I give it back...
by _plethora_ October 15, 2008
Get the shirt of powermug. Much like a power bottom except the power middle is a gay male likes to dominate and control penetration both orally and with his anus simultaneously. The Gay Baron is the pioneer and master of this craft.
by limber-jack April 9, 2016
Get the power middlemug. In the gaming world, it is the power up that you see on the screen that is unavoidable, and will cause you to loose the current awsome power up that you've been using/upgrading and working on for like an hour, for something far, FAR more crappy.
Dave: So did you ever finish that last level of "Brick Breaker"?
Jimmy: NO! I had all the good power ups too, the longer trampoline thing and the lasers. But then THAT power up apeared and caused me to get a smaller trampoline that just goes really fast, and then all my good power ups went away and I died.
Jimmy: NO! I had all the good power ups too, the longer trampoline thing and the lasers. But then THAT power up apeared and caused me to get a smaller trampoline that just goes really fast, and then all my good power ups went away and I died.
by RandomDictionarySurfer September 23, 2009
Get the THAT power upmug. by KDogMeredith December 6, 2015
Get the power pushermug. 
by ChunkyLover63 May 7, 2009
Get the Star Poweredmug.