Missing Black Woman Formation

Coined in Scott Westerfeld's book, So Yesterday, the Missing Black Woman Formation (sometimes called MBWF) is when, in popular media, there is a Caucasian female, a Caucasian male and one African American male together in a group. Together, they are meant to represent all walks of cultural identity, and at that effort, they fail.

It is usually used in a negative context.

The Matrix totally had a case of the Missing Black Woman Formation.

by Pitseleh January 10, 2009

power formation

A voluptuous physique but often referring to a girl's curves especially around the ass and thighs.

1. Yo, Beyonce's got some serious power formation.
2. That girl's got nice power formation.

by th1 April 4, 2008

claw formation

a humorous yet upsetting defilement of military formation made famous by the "operation lion claws military simulation series" which is directly defined by its lack of organization or proper command, poor use of cover, and often deadly results for the squad utilizing it.

"sir, squad 3 is pinned under heavy fire."
"how far are they? can we provide support?"
"yes sir, their about a quarter mile north on the far side of the ridge."
"what kind of position are they holding?"
"sir, they have the high ground, half the squad is black and the enemy has angles."
"let me confirm this, you said they have high ground and the ENEMY has angles?"
"yes sir"
"claw formation?"
"yes sir"
"fuck 'em, tell squad 2 to collect them once the battles over."
"yes sir"

by southpaw286 January 19, 2009

A Formation

From the H formation, the two guys give a hefty high five, which forms the letter "A".

Fabian and Fabio pulled off the A formation right after the H Formation. It was all good in nature.

by SnakeBiter October 14, 2009

formatically

Formatically means the consideration of the form of a piece of literature with regards to its style and/or genre

Formatically speaking, Middlemarch is shit.

by formaticallyspeaking May 31, 2019

flying in formation

When a group of inebriated people all assume incorrectly that a story teller at a party is using a word as slang or metaphor, rather than its literal meaning. Ex: "I used to be a pretty skilled crop-duster." The speaker is a pilot, not a passer of gas.

Those dudes were totally flying in formation when they started laughing uncontrollably at Winnie when she said, "Do I smell popcorn?" Because we were actually making popcorn.

by nullvoid August 9, 2015

Formality

A byproduct of customs and morals, derived where formality is already "dead" or out-dated and, popularly, seens to prevent progress or simply kills usable time with something unimportant.

Tying ties for special occasions such as a job interview or marriages with the Double-windsor knot is a formality just as much as using a Three piece suit with three buttons and single breasted.

by Chaotic_Neutral October 20, 2012