anal retentive

One who is excessively insistent upon the smallest detail of something, usually through ignorance or taking things too literally.

"Here's an entry reccomended for deletion because it's not 'urban'. And here's an entry reccomended for delition because it's not written as if in a dictionary. I do think these anal-retentives are quite missing the point of Urban Dictionary."

by Shanya Almafeta November 17, 2004

retahded

1. pronunciation of "retarded" attributed to residents of the Boston area

2. stupid, silly, asinine, pointless; devoid of logic, substance, and/or justification (this usage should not be confused with "retarded")

3. adjective used to describe anyone who does not find janet reno sexually attractive

This war is wicked retahded.

by no war April 29, 2003

retrograde ejaculation

A condition found in a small number of diabetic men who, upon climax, ejaculate into their bladder.

"John, a 42-year-old diabetic, has difficulties fathering children, as he suffers from retrograde ejaculation."

by Typhon December 7, 2004

Retired

A euphemism for retarded, as gosh is a euphemism for God and darn is a euphemism for damn.

"I think she might be retired."

by Skalator June 8, 2009

return of the Real

Term used by psychoanalysts, especially Lacanians, for the eruption into social life of impulses or phenomena which have been repressed from the symbolic order in the process of the formation of a master-signifier. The excluded element is not destroyed but returns in a form which is incomprehensible and terrifying. A "return of the Real" is a sudden eruption and interruption which spectacularly reveals the contingency of social relations and shatters fixed certainties.

For instance, Slavoj Zizek analysed September 11th as a "return of the Real": the repressed fundamentalist impulse which was the hidden outcome of the US's own activities produced an explosive and terrifying result which rocked people's identities and the existing political framework.

A reworking of the return of the repressed.

Doesn't make as much sense outside Lacanian ontology, because the violence and negativity of the "return of the Real" are crucial to its use as a concept. One can reconfigure it to some extent if one suggests that the social order makes its own Real, so that the phrase "return" is simply figurative.

by Andy May 7, 2004

Golden Retriever Effect

1.The golden retriever effect is similar to thought process that golden retrievers have.
2.Commonly found in teenage boys with crushes and or girlfriends.

1.)Human: Wanna play fetch?
Dog: Fetch?! FETCH IS MY FAVORITE!!!!!!!
Human: Wanna go for a walk?
Dog: Walk?! WALKS ARE MY FAVORITE!!!!!!!
Human: I can't play ball now, I need to take a nap.
Dog: Nap?! NAPS ARE MY FAVORITE!!!!!!!!!!!
2.)Bobby: Dude!! Where were you last night? You missed the party!
Bill: Oh really? Sam wanted to go to yoga class, and it sounded fun so I went with her.
Bobby: Sounds like a classic case of the Golden Retriever Effect.

by Sept. 7 April 30, 2009

retrospect

to look back in time.. and appreciate and ponder about the greatness you gave to the world and society.

I might have finished my job, but in retrospect I couldnt be any happier

by Joess December 25, 2007