Whispering load enough in public for people to hear you while still pretending the converstaion is private. (Usually used when you are afraid the stranger you are talking about thinks what you are saying is mean when, in fact, it's not.)
John: *Whispering* "Steve, do you see that guy over there?"
(Then John sees the "Hat Guy" notice that John is whispering about him.)
John: *Public Whispering* "I love his hat."
{Note- When public whispering, the whisperer is only making sure that the subject of talk knows the conversation isn't gossip.}
(Then John sees the "Hat Guy" notice that John is whispering about him.)
John: *Public Whispering* "I love his hat."
{Note- When public whispering, the whisperer is only making sure that the subject of talk knows the conversation isn't gossip.}
by Hat_Girl March 31, 2010
More commonly known as "graffiti" or "vandalism," public art is art...in public. However, the distinct difference is that public art has a meaning.
by Anarcho-Punk March 23, 2013
At happy hour last night, Fred quipped tongue-in-cheek that the University City community planning committee should be publicly eggsecuted for putting up all that hideous street "art" (if you can call it that) all along Governor Drive. Everyone there agreed with him. I wanted to know what all the fuss was about so I took a stroll this morning to check it out. Oh my, I absolutely see why he would call for public eggsecution. I wasn't given a vote on it, were you? Was anyone in the community? The word HIDEOUS is as close a descriptor as it gets but still doesn't do it justice. I hope the community rises up to have those giant tribal-looking popsicle sticks taken down. What a blight on our little community's main thoroughfare! Blechhh! Take them down!
by The Gideon Lion June 22, 2022
The most tedious, sleep-inducing topic of law imaginable. You think tort is bad? You don't know the meaning of the word.a
by Jollyol'Scallwag December 02, 2013
An over the pants hand job given in public by a complete stranger with no connection to the receiver.
see: HOLMVIK
see: HOLMVIK
by Fistfullaholla July 27, 2012
debate for kids who either:
1. are too unintelligent to do a real event,
2. can't do their normal event at a tournament and want to be in an event that's easy to win,
3. don't really like debate but want it on their transcripts,
4. don't have time for real debate, or
5. want to practice empty rhetoric.
Ted Turner invented the event so that he could use the "Crossfire" from CNN in a high school activity, but after its first year in existence he disowned it because the debaters were too rude and whiny. Hence the current name, public forum.
This event almost always has lay-judges, or mommy judges, as real debaters call them. The team with the best voice wins. The topic is always simplistic and changes every month. The emphasis is on dumbing down the world so you can explain it to an idiot.
1. are too unintelligent to do a real event,
2. can't do their normal event at a tournament and want to be in an event that's easy to win,
3. don't really like debate but want it on their transcripts,
4. don't have time for real debate, or
5. want to practice empty rhetoric.
Ted Turner invented the event so that he could use the "Crossfire" from CNN in a high school activity, but after its first year in existence he disowned it because the debaters were too rude and whiny. Hence the current name, public forum.
This event almost always has lay-judges, or mommy judges, as real debaters call them. The team with the best voice wins. The topic is always simplistic and changes every month. The emphasis is on dumbing down the world so you can explain it to an idiot.
1. I tried so many times to explain the parts of a disad to him, but it was just over his head, so he switched to PF instead.
2. We could only take 4 teams in policy, so they had to go in public forum. They still qualified to nationals, even though they'd never done it before.
3. She's really good at science. She won the international science fair last year, but she wanted to have debate on her transcript, so she's doing PF.
4. He used to love debate, but this year he's taking so many AP classes that he doesn't have time, so he just does PF.
5. She's running for student body president next year and wants to learn how to talk pretty, so she's doing PF.
That lay-judge forgot which team was which and marked the wrong team as the winner. Oh well, such is PF.
2. We could only take 4 teams in policy, so they had to go in public forum. They still qualified to nationals, even though they'd never done it before.
3. She's really good at science. She won the international science fair last year, but she wanted to have debate on her transcript, so she's doing PF.
4. He used to love debate, but this year he's taking so many AP classes that he doesn't have time, so he just does PF.
5. She's running for student body president next year and wants to learn how to talk pretty, so she's doing PF.
That lay-judge forgot which team was which and marked the wrong team as the winner. Oh well, such is PF.
by alas poor yorick April 13, 2008
(N.) Something concocted by Commericalism jerks in order to sell or promote a big project in secrecy. PS'es pull at your heart right before they dig their fists into it and yank it out of you as you watch with your last, dying breath. (Remeber the 80's: Incredible FlyMan? No? Well then, good!) DON'T fall for Publicity Stunts!
(Examples)
Bennifer
Bennifer II: The Garner Experiment
Dee Jay
Publicity Whore
Christy Hemme
Lingerie Bowl
Jennifer Aniston
Wardrobe Malfunction
Jelly Bracelets
Poopa Chalupa
Chicken Sandwich World Championship: TC VS Spicy
Bennifer
Bennifer II: The Garner Experiment
Dee Jay
Publicity Whore
Christy Hemme
Lingerie Bowl
Jennifer Aniston
Wardrobe Malfunction
Jelly Bracelets
Poopa Chalupa
Chicken Sandwich World Championship: TC VS Spicy
by G-Union 2 November 10, 2004