(PAIR.uh.shoot kidz) n. Children sent to a new country to live alone or with a caregiver while their parents remain in their home country.
Craig, a high school senior, lives a fantasy most teen-agers only dream. He and his sister Zoe, 14, live in a sprawling San Marino ranch house, their one chaperon an elderly servant who speaks no English...Craig and Zoe are examples of a phenomenon so familiar in the Chinese community that there is a nickname for it: "parachute kids" — dropped off to live in the United States while their wealthy parents remain in Asia.
The parents, mostly from Taiwan, want their children in more open, less cutthroat U.S. school systems, in which the chances of getting into college are much greater.
Parents may place their children with distant relatives or paid caretakers, or simply buy a house for them and have them stay alone. Under these scenarios, the youngsters often live much as adults would, deciding when to go to sleep or attend school and whether dinner will consist of leafy greens or potato chips.
The parents, mostly from Taiwan, want their children in more open, less cutthroat U.S. school systems, in which the chances of getting into college are much greater.
Parents may place their children with distant relatives or paid caretakers, or simply buy a house for them and have them stay alone. Under these scenarios, the youngsters often live much as adults would, deciding when to go to sleep or attend school and whether dinner will consist of leafy greens or potato chips.
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I shall have men, nutters from Parkhurst, dressed in yeti suits, up Everest, with meat cleavers, ready to chop your tarty fucking legs off!
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Hey look, here comes the parkhoes
by The Shmatt June 12, 2010
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They'll know all the lyrics and the may not have all the tshirts, cd's and posters but they are a true parawhore at heart.
If somebody hates on Paramore, or one of the members, The 'Parawhore' will do whatever it takes to prove the person wrong. They'll go to the ends of the universe just to show Paramore will always come out on top!
They're heart beats for Paramore, and only Paramore. They just cannot turn it off! Paramore is the only exception.
They'll know all the lyrics and the may not have all the tshirts, cd's and posters but they are a true parawhore at heart.
If somebody hates on Paramore, or one of the members, The 'Parawhore' will do whatever it takes to prove the person wrong. They'll go to the ends of the universe just to show Paramore will always come out on top!
They're heart beats for Paramore, and only Paramore. They just cannot turn it off! Paramore is the only exception.
Parawhore: did you see Hayleys new hair?
Hater: Hayley who?
Parawhore: Hayley Williams! Duh!
Hater: Who is she?
Parawhore: You did not just say that! Paramore! Duh!
Hater: Ewwww why do you like them?
Parawhore: *Throws all we know is falling, Riot!, The final riot and Brand new eyes at Hater* THATS WHAT YOU GET!
Hater: Hayley who?
Parawhore: Hayley Williams! Duh!
Hater: Who is she?
Parawhore: You did not just say that! Paramore! Duh!
Hater: Ewwww why do you like them?
Parawhore: *Throws all we know is falling, Riot!, The final riot and Brand new eyes at Hater* THATS WHAT YOU GET!
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Get the parawhore mug.The most elite and highly trained regiment in the British military. Recruits undergo exclusive training at Catterick, Yorkshire, before undergoing the gruelling P-Company, a week of physical endurance tests, the military equivalent of evolution; only the strong will survive. Generally full of young men too violent for civilian life, the Parachute Regiment is the generals' 'weapon of choice' when attacking heavily defended enemy positions.
"I was going to join the Parachute Regiment but...." (generally followed by a weak excuse, for example, "I suffered a heart attack on P-Company.")
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