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post-barnum depression

n. Moderate to severe depression in a performer or staff person after giving birth to a fantastic blow-your-mind show, when the cast and crew diaspora leaves your hitherto fervent banner flaccid in the listless echoing breeze. Onset is typically a few days after the blowout closing party.

Symptoms include sadness, fatigue, insomnia, appetite changes, having the libido of an awkward teenaged virgin, crying episodes, hysterical laughter, irritability, staring at Google Maps, the tuneless humming of barn-revival spirituals, chromatic-motion melodies in 6/8 time, or minor-key adaptations of Survivor's 'Eye Of The Tiger', and Facebook status updates.

Food-related cravings are not uncommon, especially for hot dogs, or paper and plastic bags of salty-yet-sweet snack foods (e.g., kettle corn). A dull disappointment is inevitable when the lid is removed from a can of peanut brittle and the sufferer is not EVER greeted by spring-loaded snakes. Honestly, what's the use.

Commonly abbreviated as PBD.

Closely related to "post-camp depression" (PCD), "post-con syndrome" (PCS), "whoa, too fun" (WTF).
"Joseph has to come up with a usage example for urbandictionary.com today, but his post-barnum depression is pretty severe. He just keeps hanging upside-down from his workstation desk and calling his mouse Templeton."
by Joseph of Windows to Sky August 12, 2009
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The aforementioned name is a satirical/stereotypical name for singer Taylor Swift in the Philippines. The extra names were added to ridicule how many of the people also have such long names. The whole name has since then become a meme in the Filipino media, in which people use the name ironically to refer to the singer.

Taylor Alison Finlay Swift are all from her legal name, the additional names and their origins are stated below. The joke originally started as "Taylor Marie Joy Batumbakal Swift", and since then, many other names have been added.

Marie and Joy are commonly found in girls' names, where Marie comes from Mary/Maria, the most common name in the country; Joy is stereotypically associated with service workers, such as nurses, cashiers, and stewardesses.

Inang Kulot is an allusion to her curly locks. Inang means "Mother" in a familiar tone, Kulot simply means "curls".

Dimagiba is fairly an uncommon last name, though it is a reference to an old joke played in radios. Dimagiba, short for 'hindi (not) magiba (breakable)' means "invincible", or "never broken". full joke: look up "Short pinoy joke english class"

Batumbakal (lit. lodestone, bato = stone, bakal = metal) is also an uncommon last name, though it does hold a deep native origin. Like Dimagiba, it seems to have originated from a joke, albeit obscure. full joke: look up "batumbakal filipino joke"

Altogether, it sounds like the name of the girl you'd play chinese garter together in the neighborhood alleys.
she is the icon
she is the moment
she is Taylor Marie Joy Alison "Inang Kulot" Dimagiba Finlay Batumbakal Swift
by Inang Kulot June 4, 2023
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