Smart Balance

A company that manufactures products including margarine substitutes, flavored microwave popcorn, and peanut butter.

The products claim to have no partially hydrogenated vegetable oils added, no trans fat,1 and to be comparable in quality to vegetable oil based products

Painter, Kristen Leigh. Smart Balance moving headquarters to Boulder

by Wendysfg August 25, 2023

fair and balanced

An oxymoron for Fox News

Fox news is 'fair and balanced'

by iDontTrustYou November 19, 2023

Shirk-life balance

The active consideration of your need to relax in relation to your work life. A failure to acknowledge your need to shirk during the working week could lead to unnatural levels of stress and taking yourself dangerously seriously. An increase in nap time while working from home could constitute a positive addition to your shirk-life balance.

'Sorry, I can't take on that task. I've really been working on my shirk-life balance'.

by OGH Savage November 17, 2022

Omni-Balance

Omni-Balance occurs when a roleplayer in a fight refuses to accept what would normally be a defeat of their character, and their character counters with a feat they were previously incapable of doing, upsetting the power scale of the entire roleplay and causing the roleplay itself to deteriorate.

I have to fight Gus in the sports festival? Time to Omni-Balance.

by stangfastking1 August 6, 2022

Drug Balancing

The act of utilizing various drugs from uppers to downers to balance out how you feel.

Mickey snorted some coke before he went out to gamble. After awhile he felt jittery and needed to do some drug balancing, so he took some Xanax to equalize his feelings.

by Defectedambassadors February 19, 2017

Balance Billing

The reason why weeks after you have any health care you get stacks of bills from the doctor, the facility, the nurse, the pharmacy, the lab, and the guy who cleans the floors every other Saturday.

Even after you've paid the stupid $20 copay.

"I went to my doctor two months ago for a sore throat and I paid my $20 copay. Now I've gotten $847 worth of extra bills for the office visit, strep test, and a shot of penicillin. The office manager told me that was how much I owe in balance billing since I haven't met my $12,000 deductible."

by WackeMD October 3, 2018

harmonic balancer

The main drive pulley of an engine; mounted on the fromt end of the crankshaft. Harmonic balancers are weighted to keep the crankshaft balance in order to reduce vibration.

Frank: The dang harmonic balancer is frozen to the crankshaft!
Allan: Probably gonna have to use a harmonic balancer puller, Frank.
Frank: Wow! They actually make those?!
Allan: Yep

by Carburetor1963 July 21, 2018