by th1 April 4, 2008
Get the power formation mug.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"
"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
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The ultimate fate of any meme that achieves total hegemony. With no countermeme to struggle against, the original meme fades away due to disuse. For example, if smoking were actually stamped out, with no smokers left, smoking would have room to eventually rise again since the antismoking meme would have been forgotten.
The urge to ban landmines underwent normative burnout one hundred years after all countries had disposed of their last mine stockpiles, causing some nations to begin experimenting with buried antipersonnel explosives fifty years thereafter. It was an idea old enough to seem new.
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Get the formatically mug.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.
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