Similar to the beer goggles effect, a person which one would not find typically attractive is seen as attractive. This effect is a cause of the UC Berkeley bubble, where a lesser amount of typically attractive people exist. Another factor included is the envelopment of academia connected to a decline in one's social life.
Me: At first I didn't think (insert name here) was so cute, but there is something different about them this semester.
Friend: Looks like you're sporting the Berkeley goggles now. You've been in the Berkeley bubble too long. At least your option has a good personality.
Friend: Looks like you're sporting the Berkeley goggles now. You've been in the Berkeley bubble too long. At least your option has a good personality.
by OskiSurf August 27, 2008
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a) You look good, son. Naw, naw don't leave, I jus wanna talk ta ya...
b) I will take verbal abuse for change
among many other statements. They will often smoke weed or crack right on the street, and the cops don't care. They have an 'ignore the bums' policy.
These bums will often wander onto campus to have enlightening conversations about the bible, only to pass out in the middle of a pathway.
They are generally nice people, some even have advanced degrees, but somewhere along the line (around 1967-1975) they just fucked up and couldn't recover. Most of the sleep in people's park.
a) You look good, son. Naw, naw don't leave, I jus wanna talk ta ya...
b) I will take verbal abuse for change
among many other statements. They will often smoke weed or crack right on the street, and the cops don't care. They have an 'ignore the bums' policy.
These bums will often wander onto campus to have enlightening conversations about the bible, only to pass out in the middle of a pathway.
They are generally nice people, some even have advanced degrees, but somewhere along the line (around 1967-1975) they just fucked up and couldn't recover. Most of the sleep in people's park.
Paco: Yo G, you see that Berkeley bum?
Jaime: Yeah, how'd he get all the way down to Stockton?
Paco: Shit if I know, but he taught me about the space-time continuum, I feel like I might go back to school.
Jaime: Yeah, they are pretty smart, but yet they don't do shit with their lives 'cept create elaborate radio mixing equipment next to Top Dog.
Jaime: Yeah, how'd he get all the way down to Stockton?
Paco: Shit if I know, but he taught me about the space-time continuum, I feel like I might go back to school.
Jaime: Yeah, they are pretty smart, but yet they don't do shit with their lives 'cept create elaborate radio mixing equipment next to Top Dog.
by DoesWayneBradyHaveToChokeABich January 5, 2010
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A song by Eminem. It means to go crazy and don't care 2 shits about what other people think. Example are heavy partying.
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You: I was gone for 10 minutes, came back to my table in the library, and my computer was gone.
Officer: What did you expect? This is UC Berkeley.
Officer: What did you expect? This is UC Berkeley.
by Pawn takes queen December 15, 2011
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A woman who thinks she is cool because she made out with a girl once in college.
A woman who thinks she is cool because she made out with a girl once in college.
Liz, stop flirting with Monica! You know you're just a Berkeley lesbian!
Ethan: "I would ask Bethany out, but I don't think she's into guys."
Tyler: "Dude, she will totally hook up with you. She's a Berkeley lesbian."
Ethan: "I would ask Bethany out, but I don't think she's into guys."
Tyler: "Dude, she will totally hook up with you. She's a Berkeley lesbian."
by maddogphysicist July 19, 2012
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It seems that the social, cultural, and political happenings at UC Berkeley during that time served as the impetus for the mass migration.
Known as a politically & socially liberal mecca, Berzerkeley will always be a favorite destination for freaks from all over the world.
It seems that the social, cultural, and political happenings at UC Berkeley during that time served as the impetus for the mass migration.
Known as a politically & socially liberal mecca, Berzerkeley will always be a favorite destination for freaks from all over the world.
by DC Breddren August 8, 2007
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UC Berkeley's main rival is Stanford.
UC Berkeley's main rival is Stanford.
There was a political manifestation at UC Berkeley.
UC Berkeley was again named the best public university in North America
UC Berkeley was again named the best public university in North America
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