Refers to a "consideration for sleepers" action whereby --- in order to briefly look at something from the doorway of a pitch-dark room in which you know that one or more other humans are seeking a little shut-eye --- you first open up your own eyelids extra-wide to allow yourself maximum visibility, and then perform a super-quick "on-off" action (one-half-second at the absolute maximum) with the room's light-switch, so that you are able to check on whatever you needed to know (such as that there is nothing on the floor between you and the sleeper's bed, and thus you can safely tiptoe forward in the dark and crawl in with the slumberer without tripping), but minimize the disturbance of the sleepy person(s) by not having the ceiling-lamp lit long enough for him to even be much aware of it.
Considerate dude who's staying overnight at his girlfriend's apartment: I always use the "single-strobe light-flick" prior to re-joining Tiffany in her bed after I visit the Little Boys' Room during the night, just to make sure that neither of her cats has decided to stretch itself out on the floor of the bedroom. It avoids any unexpected "yowls in the dark", plus Tiffany tells me that she seldom even notices my brief room-illuminations, so that's a good thing.
by QuacksO September 7, 2018
Get the single-strobe light-flickmug. Exploding onto the thriving Minneapolis scene in the fall of 2005, White Light Riot are brothers Mike (vocals, guitar) and Mark (drums) Schwandt, Joe Christenson (lead guitar), and Dan Larsen (bass). White Light Riot released their first full-length, Atomism, for 50 Entertainment, in late 2007. Produced by Brent Sigmeth (Grant Hart, They Might Be Giants), the album is a lightning-hot 50 minutes of brilliant, swaggering pop, laced with jagged hooks and shot through with anthemic choruses.
by KateMN March 30, 2009
Get the White Light Riot mug. Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is an American Academy Award-winning motion picture visual effects company that was founded in May 1975 by George Lucas. It is a division of the film production company, Lucasfilm, which Lucas founded, and was created when Lucas began production of the film Star Wars. ILM originated in Van Nuys, California, then later moved to San Rafael in 1978, and since 2005 it has been based at the Letterman Digital Arts Center in the Presidio of San Francisco. Lynwen Brennan, who joined the company in 1999, currently serves as ILM's President and General Manager. In 2012, The Walt Disney Company acquired ILM as part of its purchase of Lucasfilm.
Lucas wanted his 1977 film Star Wars to include visual effects that had never been seen on film before. After discovering that the in-house effects department at 20th Century Fox was no longer operational, Lucas approached Douglas Trumbull, famous for the effects on 2001: A Space Odyssey. Trumbull declined as he was already committed to working on Steven Spielberg's film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, but suggested his assistant John Dykstra to Lucas. Dykstra brought together a small team of college students, artists and engineers, and set them up in a warehouse in Van Nuys, California. Lucas named the group Industrial Light & Magic, who became the Special Visual Effects department on Star Wars. Alongside Dykstra, other leading members of the original ILM team were Ken Ralston, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Joe Johnston, Phil Tippett, Steve Gawley, Lorne Peterson and Paul Huston.
by The Centurion December 28, 2014
Get the Industrial Light & Magicmug. Boy:"Mum! It's Red! Now it's Green! And now it's Orange!! I love the traffic lights"
Mum:"Nobody does!"
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by Jupiter82 June 26, 2019
Get the Traffic Lightsmug. "Park Anywhere Lights": A humorous term for using the hazard lights—featuring a triangle-shaped symbol on the button in the center of the vehicle console—to temporarily park in restricted zones, like double yellow lines. This is often done to quickly drop someone off, run a brief errand, or deliver something, with the expectation of swiftly leaving before authorities arrive.
Frank: Alright, Lee, I’ll just drop you off here real quick.
Lee: But Frank, you can’t park here! It’s double yellow lines!
Frank: No worries, I my used "The park anywhere lights "!
Lee: LOL, I don’t think that works like that, Frank.
Police Officer: Excuse me, sir, do you realize you’re parked illegally?
Frank: Oh, sorry officer, I thought my car was overheating, so I had to pull over and put the hazards on. Seems fine now!
Police Officer: Uh-huh, well, just be careful next time.
Frank: Absolutely, officer! Thanks for head up.
Frank drives away, grinning and laughing to himself.
Lee: But Frank, you can’t park here! It’s double yellow lines!
Frank: No worries, I my used "The park anywhere lights "!
Lee: LOL, I don’t think that works like that, Frank.
Police Officer: Excuse me, sir, do you realize you’re parked illegally?
Frank: Oh, sorry officer, I thought my car was overheating, so I had to pull over and put the hazards on. Seems fine now!
Police Officer: Uh-huh, well, just be careful next time.
Frank: Absolutely, officer! Thanks for head up.
Frank drives away, grinning and laughing to himself.
by Jamie Cheese November 4, 2025
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