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rosencrantz and guildenstern

The (possibly?) gay couple that Hamlet is friends with in the play of the same name.

They are duped by Claudius into escorting Hamlet to England to be killed, but Hamlet escapes. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern then unwittingly meet the English King, and and hand him a letter instructing him to kill them both. They die. Nobody cares.

In the play, they always appear together, and seem to be entirely co-dependent. They have no real individual traits.

Despite the fact that they are fairly minor characters, they have a sort of cult status. Tom Stoppard wrote a famous play called "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead", which tells the story of Hamlet from their perspective.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Hamlet...

GUILDENSTERN
Which dreams indeed are ambition, for the very substance of the ambition is merely the shadow of a dream.

HAMLET
A dream itself is like a shadow.

ROSENCRANTZ
Truly, and I hold ambition of so airy and light a quality that it is but a shadow's shadow.
by Drama_King March 10, 2008
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rosencrantz and guildenstern

interjection

1. warning given to not kill the messenger
Don't get all rosencrantz and guildenstern on me, but I saw your sister in a gangbang video involving midgets and animals.
by qcmonkey August 9, 2009
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Rolen

Rolen is a type of kid who, is sad, but doesn't show. Obsessed with many things and can be pretty nice. Normally a attractive but has many unnoticed flaws. Rolen is a lucky person to have, and very rare to his or her kind.
Me: Wowh who's that?!

Person: It's Rolen, he's just visiting, thank god.
by eruday snider August 7, 2017
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Rolecks

Something fake that tries to emulate something great, but fails miserably. A fugazi or knock-off, as in the fake Rolex (Rolecks) watches sold from blankets on 125th Street and Park Avenue in Manhattan by dudes wearing Dior shoes and big straw hats.
Everyone: "George W. Bush is a Rolecks Teddy Roosevelt. His brain stopped ticking way before he took a licking. Why'd we (re-)elect that guy?"

Guy in hat: "Hey man, wanna buy a Rolecks? Five dollars!"

Me: "Holy shit, there's a tree growing through the roof of that office building across the street!"
by El Pops July 17, 2007
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Rosencrantz

1: The better half of the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern duo from the play Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare.

2: Renegade Game Counsellor and all around swell guy.
Rosencrantz is a playa.
by Guildenstern September 30, 2003
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Rolena

Rolena is the most sexiest couple ever. It consists of Serena & Rosalie two gorgeous girls living in Stratford. They both are super fun and amazing, they're always a good time! But if you mess with both of them you best believe you will get fucked up because they take shit from NOBODY! They're perfect, sweet, nice but are bad bitches. ;)
"Wow those two chicks are gorgeous!"
"Yea dude they're called Rolena and they're flawless!"
"Yea these hoes better not mess with them!"
"True dude, so much swag damn"
by rolena4life April 25, 2013
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rolenzing

When you can't aim low AR linear patterns in osu! game.
Private : my AR8 linear aim today and yesterday felt so off !! I'm rolenzing.....
by Zenith The Blue January 8, 2022
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