When you do something that is unnecessary, but will benefit you in the long run by being able to put it on your college application. This includes creating and joining clubs, as well as doing things for teachers to get better grades.
Mr. Mahany told the class to turn off the lights in the classroom, so I stood up and sprinted to turn off the lights and yelled, "For the app!"
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To be unfaithful to one's partner e.g. in an extramarital affair. Named after South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, who was said to be hiking the Appalachian Trail, when actually he was visiting his mistress in Argentina.
"My husband has a lot of "meetings" and "conferences" to attend to lately. I think he might be hiking the Appalachian trail."
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Specifically to lick from the bottom of a woman's labia upwards towards her clitoris.
Specifically to lick from the bottom of a woman's labia upwards towards her clitoris.
by Sanford and Sin June 25, 2009
Get the Hiking the appalachian trail mug.An idiom used to describe the reverence given to someone or something that is venerated. The term originated from a scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey. In this scene, apes, the early ancestors of mankind, find and venerate a mysterious monolith that has appeared near their home.
Vasili: Did you see the way those Trump supporters unquestioningly cheered at everything he had to say?
Akseli: Its just another case of the apes and the monolith, Vasili.
Akseli: Its just another case of the apes and the monolith, Vasili.
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Dad gets caught stealing in his teen years and then his son gets caught stealing as a teen.
The mother might look at the father and say, "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree."
The mother might look at the father and say, "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree."
by Lilhunter0308 April 9, 2011
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