Tendency of the west coast to overrate. For instance, if a show has rave reviews in Frisco you should wait until it gets as far east as Chicago before believing it.

Possible explanations include laidback, non-critical attitudes, drug use, and simply less exposure to good culture.

The term originated in the drum corps circle, where corps are numerically judged across the country and the scores coming from the west are disregarded.
Wow, these guys are supposed to be fantastic!

Don't believe the hype, it's just west coast inflation.
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of or pertaining to the increased cost of cellular products.
The microwave inflation of the first decade after 2000 caused basic phone services to soar from about $25.00 per household to $100.00 per individual.
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What Barack Obama suggest all Americans do instead of allowing for more oil drilling.
"There are things you can do individually, though, to save energy," Obama said. "Making sure your tires are properly inflated – simple thing. But we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling – if everybody was just inflating their tires? And getting regular tune-ups? You'd actually save just as much!"

Inflate your tires - the Messiah at work!
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Belly inflation day is the day when you send your friend videos / images of belly inflation fetishes! Inflation day is on September 4th
Sarah! Why did you send me a picture of James Charles stomach expanding.

Its belly inflation day Travis!
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I told the manager of Starbucks if he kept running his mouth I was going to go to his studio apartment downtown and fuck his blowup doll to which he replied “ she is an inflatable life partner”
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