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Forts Syndrome

An unhealthy obsession with the past and a refusal to live in the present. Symptoms include constant reminiscing about stories, people or events from college despite graduation having taken place in a different century than the one we now live in.
Dave has come down with a terminal case of Forts Syndrome. He spent the entire night on Facebook stalking his college hook-ups and sending them text messages asking if they were going to the MAAC tournament....they had moved on from 1998....sadly, he had not.
by Ebby's Revenge February 25, 2010
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Uncle Rico Syndrome

Uncle Rico Syndrome or URS is when a person frequently refers to the "Glory days" or an earlier time when there life was better and/or different.
Origin - "Uncle Rico" a character from the film Napoleon Dynamite was obsessed with time travel so that he could return to 1984 when he was a star quarterback and play for his high school football team.

- The TV character "Al Bundy" suffers from Uncle Rico Syndrome; as he constantly reminisced about the "big football game" and how if he had done one thing differently he would have gone pro instead of marrying Peg.

- "Those girls totally have URS (Uncle Rico Syndrome), they keep talking about how their high school locker was always such a mess, which was 17 years ago."
by ak209 April 12, 2010
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synonyphone

Noun. A word that looks the same, sounds the same, and means the same thing as another word.
The study of English is made much easier by the language's vast quantity of synonyphones.

In other words, the study of English is made much easier by the language's vast quantity of synonyphones.

Common synonyphones include:
Man
Man
Apple
Apple
Exegesis
Exegesis
by Pseudonyphone September 8, 2011
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Pele syndrome

Megalomania; Extreme vanity and conceit; Pele syndrome is characterized by an inflated sense of self-esteem and overestimation by persons of their own powers.

An older name for the mental condition is narcissitic personality disorder. In extreme cases, a person with the Pele syndrome might refer to themselves in the third person (as Pele himself).
Muhammad Ali ("I am the greatest"), Cristiano Ronaldo ("I am rich, famous, and a great player") are the prime examples of people with the Pele syndrome.

Leaders of religious cults and dictators usually have the Pele syndrome.

Historically, Alexander the Great and Joseph Stalin are said to have the Pele syndrome.

The prime example of someone with the Pele syndrome is Pele himself. In the last 40 years he has regularly come out with such pronoucements as "I am the greatest", "I am still the greatest", "There will never be another Pele", and the nugget "Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele".
by Zeus is the Lord October 29, 2011
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Suburban Syndrome

Carelessness and lack of caution formed in the suburbs due to a false belief that one is always safe therefore precautions are not required which lead to being vulnerable to numerous situations when outside the suburbs

Symptoms may include:
1. Not locking car doors
2. Jogging on the road
3. Leaving your house door unlocked
4. Leaving car keys inside the car
5. Walking down a dark street with headphones on playing loud music
Tim: Hey did you hear what happened to Jerry last night ?
Nick: No what ?
Tim: He got his car stolen at a gas station

Nick: How ?
Tim: Probably left his doors unlocked and left the car running and went inside to get a snack
Nick: Damn how could he be so stupid ?
Tim: It's probably the suburban syndrome
by UnknownUDPoster August 25, 2013
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unclog the system

to self-felate in order to put an end to constipation, known statement from Bukowsky's "Post Office"
I haven't taken a shit in six days, I'm about to unclog the system.
by Nuno Berkeley Cotter December 7, 2006
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lego head syndrome

When a person gets or has a haircut that resembles that of a lego figure.
Mark: Damn, did you see Jeffrey's hair last night?

David: Yea, his barber must love giving his customers lego head syndrome.
by DavidGend January 20, 2011
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