A politician or media personality who continuously discusses extremists and extreme positions about public policy or cultural values so as to help slide a metaphorical "window" of acceptance over views what were once considered radical and far outside the mainstream. By often illustrating or focusing discussion on the extreme and radical exceptions and outliers, the previously unacceptable extremes will appear less extreme, and soon come to be seen as a broadly held public view. And once this occurs, it can be voiced, debated, accepted, and generally framed or enacted as a serious premise or rationale for a policy or behavior.
On the air, the talk show host continuously featured guests talking about placing armed troops, and even land mines on the nation's borders, when his true position was a far less radical policy of better enforcement of immigration laws and policy. He was clearly another in a growing army of Overton sliders who have achieved a disturbing level of prominence in modern broadcasting.
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A sexual act in which one partner heavily lubricates their hand and circles their hand around the other partner’s balls(at the base) and then quickly brings the hand down ringing the balls like a bell creating a gong noise.
Joe: “bro less than thirty minutes ago I got railed in the nuts by a Shanghai Slider”
Bill: “bruhhh... what??!”
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by C. Krueger Ivy League September 30, 2004
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(Man in elevator farts)
Other man: What the hell was that?
Man: I dunno. Damn barking spiders.
Guy 1: Dude I was on a date and totally ripped ass.
Guy 2: Should've just told her it was a barking spider.
Guy 1: Dammit, I didn't even think of it.
Other man: What the hell was that?
Man: I dunno. Damn barking spiders.
Guy 1: Dude I was on a date and totally ripped ass.
Guy 2: Should've just told her it was a barking spider.
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by schneider9688 September 26, 2009
Get the Backdoor Slider mug.The Pink Spiders, commonly abbreviated as TPS, is a power-pop/alternative band from Nashville, Tennessee.
They are no MTV fairy tale. There were times when they made starving artists look like the had it good.
Their music mixes 80's garage with modern alternative, plus several genre's in-between.
They have three albums
(The Pink Spiders) ... are taking over!
Hot Pink
Teenage Graffiti
and a new album coming: Sweat it Out
if you're a fan of any genre of rock, they are definitely a band worth checking out.
They are no MTV fairy tale. There were times when they made starving artists look like the had it good.
Their music mixes 80's garage with modern alternative, plus several genre's in-between.
They have three albums
(The Pink Spiders) ... are taking over!
Hot Pink
Teenage Graffiti
and a new album coming: Sweat it Out
if you're a fan of any genre of rock, they are definitely a band worth checking out.
"young and wasted, look at me noww! i'm the king of california, straight from teneseee!"
"dude, what are you singing?"
"back to the middle, by The Pink Spiders"
"dude, what are you singing?"
"back to the middle, by The Pink Spiders"
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