A mildly mocking synonym for the United States. It originated in the song “Another Pleasant Valley Sunday” written, in 1967, by American song writing duo Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The song, recorded by American group the Monkees, highlights an obsession that Goffin and King thought was common to many Americans namely to increase their status. To have a bigger house, a better car, more televisions, more of everything than anyone else to show how “important” they are. They don’t actually need all this stuff, they just want them as status symbols.
Now before anyone gets pissed off and rejects this definition, think about it; the phenomenon may be more widespread and common than people think, why do so many people try to get a definition on Urban Dictionary? Is it to include a new definition, or a variant of an existing definition to increase the useful content of Urban Dictionary, or is it to give them something to boast about to their friends, a status symbol?
Incidentally, if you think Goffin and King were being too general about Americans and status symbols consider the group that recorded the song, the Monkees. They were manufactured by the American music industry in an attempt to rival the Beatles, so were the Monkees musicians or an attempt at a status symbol?
Now before anyone gets pissed off and rejects this definition, think about it; the phenomenon may be more widespread and common than people think, why do so many people try to get a definition on Urban Dictionary? Is it to include a new definition, or a variant of an existing definition to increase the useful content of Urban Dictionary, or is it to give them something to boast about to their friends, a status symbol?
Incidentally, if you think Goffin and King were being too general about Americans and status symbols consider the group that recorded the song, the Monkees. They were manufactured by the American music industry in an attempt to rival the Beatles, so were the Monkees musicians or an attempt at a status symbol?
Another Pleasant Valley Sunday, here in status symbol land.
With thanks to Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
With thanks to Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
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Person 2: YOU, ME, GAS STATION. What are we getting for dinner? SUSHI OF COURSE! UH OH, there was a roofie inside of our gas station sushi. We black out and wake up in a sewer, we're surrounded by fish, HORNY FISH, you know what that means! FISH ORGY! The stench draws in a bear, what are we gonna do? We're gunna fight it, bear fight, bear handed, bear... naked? OH YES PLEASE. We befriend the bear after we beat it in a brawl, then we ride it into a Chuck E Cheese, dance dance revolution. REVOLUTION? OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT? UHHH, I THINK SO. Next thing you know, I'm reincarnated as Jesus Christ, then I turn into a jet, fly into the sun, black out AGAIN, wake up, do a bump, WHITE OUT which I didn't know you could do, then I smoked a joint, GREENED OUT, THEN I TURNED INTO THE SUN, AND UH OH! LOOKS LIKE THE METH IS KICKING IN! PLAHFHAAOPOAHJHASFOFAPALOAOFLAOFFALFHRHRAHROAHAHHAHRHARHAHHAHAHHAHEHAHA
Person 2: YOU, ME, GAS STATION. What are we getting for dinner? SUSHI OF COURSE! UH OH, there was a roofie inside of our gas station sushi. We black out and wake up in a sewer, we're surrounded by fish, HORNY FISH, you know what that means! FISH ORGY! The stench draws in a bear, what are we gonna do? We're gunna fight it, bear fight, bear handed, bear... naked? OH YES PLEASE. We befriend the bear after we beat it in a brawl, then we ride it into a Chuck E Cheese, dance dance revolution. REVOLUTION? OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT? UHHH, I THINK SO. Next thing you know, I'm reincarnated as Jesus Christ, then I turn into a jet, fly into the sun, black out AGAIN, wake up, do a bump, WHITE OUT which I didn't know you could do, then I smoked a joint, GREENED OUT, THEN I TURNED INTO THE SUN, AND UH OH! LOOKS LIKE THE METH IS KICKING IN! PLAHFHAAOPOAHJHASFOFAPALOAOFLAOFFALFHRHRAHROAHAHHAHRHARHAHHAHAHHAHEHAHA
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n, the day after a long sesh when you can't drink enough cos your dehydrated.
v, a place where you can rehydrate
v, a place where you can rehydrate
Jo & Jack were just off a sesh when they needed to top up their fluids after partying.
Jack: "I'm so thirsty Iv already drunk 3 cans of irn bru"
Jo: "That's cos we are at the rehydration station"
Jack: "I'm so thirsty Iv already drunk 3 cans of irn bru"
Jo: "That's cos we are at the rehydration station"
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by FuriousFist April 4, 2017
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Can be associated with: chillin', hanging-in.
Can be associated with: chillin', hanging-in.
"Let's all stay in and just static cruise."
"Yeah, that sounds cool."
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"What did you do last night?"
"Nothing much. Just some Static Cruising."
"Yeah, that sounds cool."
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"What did you do last night?"
"Nothing much. Just some Static Cruising."
by Dunc-The-Hunk February 11, 2010
Get the Static Cruising mug.(n.) a subtype of hysteria (as in dissociative disorder) characterized by severe infatuation and obsession with novelty stationery items, for which a novelty stationery buff likely suffers from
(stationeria is a portmanteau coined by blending the words stationery and hysteria)
(stationeria is a portmanteau coined by blending the words stationery and hysteria)
Many crafters, designers, and avid stationery collectors suffer from stationeria as they are completely obsessed with novelty stationery items that are over the top cute, so much so that they are willing to spend top dollar to import these items from overseas, to buy from online auction, or even to line up for days on end outside stationery pop-up stores. People who suffer from stationeria are crazed fans of novelty stationery items.
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2. Usually a rest room or bathroom facility.
3. A place to deposit liquid waste.
2. Usually a rest room or bathroom facility.
3. A place to deposit liquid waste.
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