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The Main Line is just about the waspy-est and jappy-est place around. The proportions have changed a little, but Junior League and Tiffany's are still there. The Main Line has some of the best private and public schools in the country, but it also has an underlying feeling of wealth and aristocracy, which makes it a bad place to live. Unless you yourself are rich, you'll be completely snubbed on the Main Line. Even the Beverly Hills girls aren't so obnoxious.
Let's go to the Main Line to see how the other side lives.
Main Line by kewobina April 1, 2005
worst. place. in. the. world.

unless you're rich and don't give a shit about anybody but your socialite friends, even though you talk about them behind their backs anyway.
i have been forced to live on the Main Line by my parents, which is why i'll probably end up in therapy someday.
main line by MAMANESE April 2, 2005

Main Dude 

A term used in the 80s to describe the final boss in a video game.
Man, I keep getting to the end of Super Mario Bros., but I can't beat the Main Dude.
Main Dude by 80sJoel December 2, 2009

main screen turn on 

Brain awakening; the act of leaving the unconcious world in your mind when the teacher calls on you, knowing you're not listening, asks the question, "What was the theme of this story?" - or at least you wished you could turn on that "main screen" of yours.
"Main screen engage! ...Please?"
The Main Line is a suburb of Philadelphia for rich, polo-shirt wearing Jewish democrats. You know you live on the Main Line if:

*Your most commonly used phrase is "Daddy, can I borrow the jag?"

*Your school offers a course on ordering coffee at Starbucks.

*You know that Merion Country Club is the only appropriate place to play golf.

*The biggest gossip at the public school is that two members of the graduating class aren't going to college...well, they technically are, but anything other than Ivy League doesn't count.

*You just love Philly Cheesesteak...but of course yours is made with tofu and is carb and lactose free.

*For vacation you either go to your house on the "shore" or Paris.

*You give thousands of dollars to the Democratic party but really are a closet Republican.

*You are constantly embarrassed of Narbeth (AKA the crotch of the Main Line).

*When checking accounts dip below $20,000 you go into "Frugal" mode.

*Frugal mode to you means buying one bracelet at Tiffany's instead of two.

*You don't think Wawa sounds funny.

*You are surprised that there aren't bus tours of the prep schools in Lower Merion.

*Your favorite hobby is translating the words "Estate Tax" into Hebrew looking for evidence that they are the sign of the Antichrist.

*Your favorite food is "churry wooder ice" but if anyone asks it's Potatoes Dauphinoise.

*On your 16th birthday you graduated from doing all your shopping at Bala GC to the much more sophisticated Saks.

*You own at least one of the boathouses on the row.

*You get depressed because you can't afford a new car until your dividends come in...meaning people will see you drive that old 2003 Mercedes S Class Sedan around Radnor for another two months.
I'm a stupid Jew who likes to steal money from real Americans, so I think I'll go live on the Main Line.
Main Line by DevilBliss April 27, 2005

main character syndrome

When a main character SHOULD die many times in the book/movie/tv show but doesn't due to the plot restrictions that would create.
All the actors in 2012 would have died over 50 times if that happened in real life! This is totally main character syndrome.
main character syndrome by Kneeknee September 26, 2010