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.
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.
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
Get the rosencrantz and guildenstern mug.(1) A period of strict rule, marked by dicipline and punishment following a period of lax rule, marked by lax enforcement of laws and standards. The opposite of Dinkins Time.
(2) The point at which an individual is not going to take any more crap.
Rudolph Guiliani, mayor of the City of New York from 1994 to 2001, engineered a decline in crime, which had spiked sharply during the tenure of David Dinkins. His success was largely the product of strict enforcement of minor laws, following the broken window theory of law enforcement. Police were empowered to take control of neighborhoods, and not let minor crimes go unpunished, lest tolerance of small crimes lead to the enabling and tolerance of larger crimes.
The downside to this decline in crime was a police force that was often criticized for being overly aggressive and occasionally brutal. One victim of police brutality during Guliani's rule was Abner Louima, a Haitian immigrant arrested outside a nightclub. While handcuffed, Louima was sodomized with a wooden stick in a bathroom at the 70th precinct in Brooklyn.
Several officers were convicted of various offenses related to the violation of Louima's cornhole, and are currently serving terms of up to thirty years. However, the officers were nearly acquitted when Louima was found to have fabricated part of his story, initially alleging that the officers told him that "it's Guiliani Time, not Dinkins Time," then recanting. The idea to allege that the officers made such a statement was likely planted in Louima's head by black activists of the Al Sharpton/Jesse Jackson type who saw this crime as an opportunity to score political points against a mayor who didn't kowtow to the demands of the racial grievance industry.
In the 2000 film "Shaft" (a remake of the 1971 blaxploitation classic), John Shaft (Samuel L. Jackson), a retired NYPD officer, uses the phrase "it's Guiliani time" after beating the crap out of a thug. Since then, it has blossomed into an all-purpose bad-ass remark.
(2) The point at which an individual is not going to take any more crap.
Rudolph Guiliani, mayor of the City of New York from 1994 to 2001, engineered a decline in crime, which had spiked sharply during the tenure of David Dinkins. His success was largely the product of strict enforcement of minor laws, following the broken window theory of law enforcement. Police were empowered to take control of neighborhoods, and not let minor crimes go unpunished, lest tolerance of small crimes lead to the enabling and tolerance of larger crimes.
The downside to this decline in crime was a police force that was often criticized for being overly aggressive and occasionally brutal. One victim of police brutality during Guliani's rule was Abner Louima, a Haitian immigrant arrested outside a nightclub. While handcuffed, Louima was sodomized with a wooden stick in a bathroom at the 70th precinct in Brooklyn.
Several officers were convicted of various offenses related to the violation of Louima's cornhole, and are currently serving terms of up to thirty years. However, the officers were nearly acquitted when Louima was found to have fabricated part of his story, initially alleging that the officers told him that "it's Guiliani Time, not Dinkins Time," then recanting. The idea to allege that the officers made such a statement was likely planted in Louima's head by black activists of the Al Sharpton/Jesse Jackson type who saw this crime as an opportunity to score political points against a mayor who didn't kowtow to the demands of the racial grievance industry.
In the 2000 film "Shaft" (a remake of the 1971 blaxploitation classic), John Shaft (Samuel L. Jackson), a retired NYPD officer, uses the phrase "it's Guiliani time" after beating the crap out of a thug. Since then, it has blossomed into an all-purpose bad-ass remark.
*Smacks girlfriend for staying out too late with her fugly chickenhead friends*
Woman: "You never had a problem with me staying out until whenever with my girlfriends before!"
Me: "Bitch, it's Guiliani Time!"
Woman: "You never had a problem with me staying out until whenever with my girlfriends before!"
Me: "Bitch, it's Guiliani Time!"
by Baller-Ass Nigga October 21, 2004
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The pitting sensation that can only be drawn through the innards of a cradle Catholic who either attended an overly scrupulous private Catholic school or was raised fearing the depths of hell to the point of regularly and, secretly, intentionally wet-dreaming. A fully developed and overly functioning conscience that has been to the other side and back will flirt on the fence with Catholic guilt, constantly deciding, approving, regretting and dismissing. It is a term used to describe the significant internal reaction to a seemingly insignificant external effect generated by a publicly unnoticeable perturbing cause. The feelings must be experienced to be understood and in most cases morally inherited to be experienced. Regardless of the pious weight associated with Catholic Guilt, it is often a feeling gestated through a morally abject thought that is hardly ever even realized and/or acted upon. It is an internalized battle bearing existential results.
In my mind: (Boy, I'm having so much fun with my new friends. We just smoked a pack of cigarettes each, and now we're about go scan for some babes.)
(Blasting down the freeway. Friend's comments/My reactions)-
Friend #1: This place fucking rocks (flicks a cig and it lands on a bench with a Planned Parenthood ad on it).
Reaction #1: I feel terrible that Planned Parenthood exists. Margaret Sanger, that bitch! To ease my pain I shift my weight off of the condom hiding in my wallet.
Friend #2: Oh sweest, look at that strip club!
Reaction #2: I vomit in my soul when I see the spot light hit the crucifix on St. Lukes' across the street.
The fact that I capitalized every "C" in "Catholic Guilt" is evidence of Catholic guilt.
(Blasting down the freeway. Friend's comments/My reactions)-
Friend #1: This place fucking rocks (flicks a cig and it lands on a bench with a Planned Parenthood ad on it).
Reaction #1: I feel terrible that Planned Parenthood exists. Margaret Sanger, that bitch! To ease my pain I shift my weight off of the condom hiding in my wallet.
Friend #2: Oh sweest, look at that strip club!
Reaction #2: I vomit in my soul when I see the spot light hit the crucifix on St. Lukes' across the street.
The fact that I capitalized every "C" in "Catholic Guilt" is evidence of Catholic guilt.
by TheBlackRafter July 20, 2010
Get the Catholic Guilt mug.Guilty Penis Syndrome (GPS) occurs in young men with strong religious backgrounds, particularly Catholic, and manifests itself as feelings of remorse, regret, or inhibition immediately before, during, or after sexual intercourse. When it happens immediately before, they guy may suddenly abort his mission and abruptly flee. When it happens during sex, some men will stop mid-coitus as they are no longer able to perform, but most men will still finish, albeit with some degree of difficulty as they are distracted by the feeling that they "shouldn't be doing this..." When it happens afterward, the guy may behave strangely toward the girl he was with, often reacting with hostility and blaming the other person for his supposed misdeed.
"Hey, what happened with Paul? You two really hit it off at that party last week."
"Yeah, I was totally into him, and he came on strong so we went back to my place. We were all over each other, but when he took his shirt off I commented that I like the little gold cross he was wearing and he totally flipped out. He jumped up and literally ran out of my apartment. I don't get it, it was weird."
"Girl, don't worry about it. He obviously has Guilty Penis Syndrome. The same thing happened to me last year."
"Yeah, I was totally into him, and he came on strong so we went back to my place. We were all over each other, but when he took his shirt off I commented that I like the little gold cross he was wearing and he totally flipped out. He jumped up and literally ran out of my apartment. I don't get it, it was weird."
"Girl, don't worry about it. He obviously has Guilty Penis Syndrome. The same thing happened to me last year."
by Genebeeb October 6, 2009
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The phrase comes from the Anime Samurai Flamenco . During episode 7 when after the previous 6 episodes establish that series was about a normal guy trying to become a Super hero in a realistic world. Midway through the episode during a drug bust, a random criminal suddenly transforms into a Guillotine Gorilla and kills a few officers. Since that point the show continued to escalate and completely changed the tone of the series.
The phrase comes from the Anime Samurai Flamenco . During episode 7 when after the previous 6 episodes establish that series was about a normal guy trying to become a Super hero in a realistic world. Midway through the episode during a drug bust, a random criminal suddenly transforms into a Guillotine Gorilla and kills a few officers. Since that point the show continued to escalate and completely changed the tone of the series.
by The_Last_GhostGuy October 23, 2018
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'I watched some filthy porn at the weekend, once I had cum, I couldn't even think about what I did.... Pure Porn Guilt'
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