The act of listening to only the things a person wants to hear. This can lead to a complete topic change.
Matt: Yo are you watching this Rockies game? It's nuts!
Ben: uhh. I don't think this long distance relationship is going to work out.
Matt: (thinking to himself) Damn. That's some crazy selective hearing if I ever saw it.
Ben: uhh. I don't think this long distance relationship is going to work out.
Matt: (thinking to himself) Damn. That's some crazy selective hearing if I ever saw it.
by tombalaya October 23, 2009
Get the Selective Hearing mug.technique used by politicians, often conservatives, to distract voters' attention away from real and true issues that need immediate address.
Reporter: "President Bush, we have had more casualties in Iraq this month than in any other month."
President Bush: "Casualties, man gay people want to get married!"
Commentator: "Wow, did you see that red herring Bush just threw out there? Amazing stuff folks!"
President Bush: "Casualties, man gay people want to get married!"
Commentator: "Wow, did you see that red herring Bush just threw out there? Amazing stuff folks!"
by sickmaker April 12, 2008
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by Ralph Japs January 22, 2004
Get the herig mug.A phrase invented by 2 huge dumbasses in their stupidity and boredom. This is just one of a collection of moronic phrases to be released on a CD in the future. It is used whenever there is a silence of more than 2 seconds to instantly make you laugh until the next phrase is uttered.
It was used to describe the dance in "Evil Dead 2" when Ash "dances" to the laughter of the cabin. When this phrase is spoken, one is to, if able, do the same dance in which both arms are bent, upperarms perpendicular to you body and parallel to the ground. Your forearms are to be forming right angles and parallel to te ground as well. Once this has been successfully completed, one would bend one's knee's and sort of "squat" in place. Repeat until laughter dies down or knee's break.
It was used to describe the dance in "Evil Dead 2" when Ash "dances" to the laughter of the cabin. When this phrase is spoken, one is to, if able, do the same dance in which both arms are bent, upperarms perpendicular to you body and parallel to the ground. Your forearms are to be forming right angles and parallel to te ground as well. Once this has been successfully completed, one would bend one's knee's and sort of "squat" in place. Repeat until laughter dies down or knee's break.
by JackSquat November 30, 2006
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Get the white herring mug.Verb, to blow one's brains out with a shotgun. Usually used in reference to suicide, but can be used to denote homicide as well. Named after American author Ernest Hemingway who died by hemingway.
John: Did you hear? Kurt Cobain died!!
Jane: Yeah, I heard he hemingwayed himself!
John: I hate this office job! I might have to hemingway everybody in here!
Jane: Yeah, I heard he hemingwayed himself!
John: I hate this office job! I might have to hemingway everybody in here!
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