Fictional brand of electronics coined in Simpsons, parody of Panasonic, now being used in Internet slang to describe poor-quality electronics.
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A design concept where all areas of an interior space are visible from any point outside the confined area. Also refers to a unique prison structure built by philosopher Jeremy Bentham, allowing guards unobstructed views of inmates, without inmates being aware that every area of the cell is monitored. Panopticon could be used in a metaphorical sense as vulnerable, revealing, voyeur, or in general to describe watching someone living in a glass house.
A design concept where all areas of an interior space are visible from any point outside the confined area. Also refers to a unique prison structure built by philosopher Jeremy Bentham, allowing guards unobstructed views of inmates, without inmates being aware that every area of the cell is monitored. Panopticon could be used in a metaphorical sense as vulnerable, revealing, voyeur, or in general to describe watching someone living in a glass house.
Panopticon is a word only a smug, ahole would use, and it's only seen in print - never spoken. "Words like deskussion, comflict, panopticon, ...only chi-chi men would use dem words." -A.G.
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"The capsized men were stuck in a watery panopticon where sharks prey." -C.B.
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"The capsized men were stuck in a watery panopticon where sharks prey." -C.B.
by Cletus Brown August 1, 2006
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by iamtheseedman December 25, 2009
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If a stranger leaves a credit card in the room with you, you COULD write down all of its numbers and buy something with it, but you won't. Maybe because someone who would take offense to it is in the same room. Or there is a security camera in the room and someone on the other side will see it. Or the person who owns the card will notice less money in their account and find the address the package was sent to. You probably don't even know the specific reason beyond a strange tingling in the back of your neck warning you of the dangers of doing it. No matter the specific reason, they all fall under the Panopticon Effect.
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Get the Panophilia mug.Pandapee is the universal nymph of love, beauty and prosperity. She was known in the Orient as the sacred holder of divine romance and the protector of true love. To the perfection of her figure and the purity of her features she added an innocent grace. On her sweet face she always wore a smile and flatteringly stuck out her tongue. Her alluring eyes graced every surface and captured every attention. Her insatiable power had all of man falling to her demands. It is impossible to not fall for the goddess pandapee.
Pandapee is the protector of love and romance. Once in Hong Kong, a peasant farmer rescued a beautiful noblity daughter from a treacherous snake. The princess was so grateful for the farmer's attentative actions. Long and behold they quickly fell into love with unyielding affection. Unfortunately the king of the dynasty would not have his daughter be conjugal to a peasant farmer and threaten to exile him he courted his daughter. Pandapee, the nympho of romance, love and all beauty was distraught by this. She immediately made her presence known and allowed the farmer and the princess to be in matrimony. Till the end of their days, their love has been protected by Pandapee.
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