Industry Parallelite

A person who socializes with models, actors, pornstars etc in order to feed off of them for publicity, usually negative, and post it on blogging and social websites and forums to place themselves in a light only parallel to the entertainment industry. This is different than a publicist, who usually actually gets paid

A good example is me. I decided to make this term up because im an adult film star and one time I had a less than stellar public appearance in LA and this guy who serves no purpose other than poison, drew up a horrible, critiquing blog about me, as he has done to other stars that he knows, to get himself attention. Then as fans would back me up with comments, he screens out the positive attention to leave it negative. An Industry Parallelite sometimes can exist in the form of positive applications of blogging and celebrity gossip, but this is less common as negative attention arouses the media more.

by Dempsey Stearns August 7, 2008

49th parallel

Slang reference for the border between the United States and Canada. The 49th parallel of latitude does make up the western third of the U.S. - Canada border (the border dips south through the Great Lakes region), but the term refers to the entire border, referring to both the geographic and cultural divide between the two countries. Although scrutiny is understandably higher since 9/11, the border is still probably the most open international border in the world.

The 49th parallel is the longest undefended border in the world.

by Eugene206 December 8, 2006

Parallel

Two separate scenarios with the same line, act, meaning, etc. Often seen in tv shows like Andi Mack.

Andi Mack stan: did you know that Buffy carries Cyrus once every season in Andi Mack?
Broski 1: no way! Dang, the writers sure do love writing parallels in this show

by bigyeeterz July 27, 2019

true parallels

When 2 guys are standing shoulder to shoulder peeing

I just walked in the bathroom and seen some true parallels going on.

by Kennif August 30, 2015

straight as parallel

A person who hasn't had even the faintest fantasy of going gay or bi much less actually take that step. A proper straight person.

gay guy (1) : my new neighbour is hawt af. You should see his eyes and his abs.
gay guy (2) : shame really cuz I heard that he is straight as parallel.
gay guy (1) : bummer :(

by skinnySinner January 13, 2015

Parallel Universe

A mechanic in the 1996 Nintendo 64 game, Super Mario 64. Because of how the game processes Mario's position, it is possible to be really far from the actual level while still able to interact with the floors and walls, as if another copy of the floors and walls were there, hence the name "parallel universe". It was made popular by TASer pannenkoek2012 in his YouTube video "SM64 - Watch for Rolling Rocks - 0.5x A Presses (Commentated)", in which he abused this mechanic to obtain a star while keeping the jump button held the whole time.

... But to answer that, we need to talk about parallel universes. --pannenkoek2012

by User670 March 21, 2018

parallel paradise

A good family friendly manga that you can enjoy with your family

my little brother loves parallel paradise

by Smut lover April 28, 2020