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globalization

Yes, as the definition above states, globalization is the exchange of goods, services and ideas across national boundaries. What many people fail to realize is that globalization has been going on for hundreds of years. However, the rate at which globalization has been spreading has increased dramatically within the past two decades due to factors like technological advancements in communications.

Globalization does not make the rich richer and the poor poorer. This is a common myth held by many narrow-minded religious fanatics and ignorant people who don’t know the first thing about business. Anybody who has taken a basic introductory course in economics will realize why globalization works to both the more affluent as well as the poorer nations’ advantage.

There is a growing disparity, however, between nations that are not globalized and those that are becoming more globalized. A study conducted by the World Bank in 2005 proves that nations who have taken part in globalization have experienced a growth in education levels, as well as an increase in GDP and standard of living. On the other hand, their less-globalized counterparts suffered the reverse.
Have you had your glass of Globalization today?
by Globalization May 27, 2006
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Global

The name of a currency that has been propose to replace all the other currencies in the nations of the world the same way the euro has replaced the currencies of europe and forming a global common market similar to the european common market.
by Deep blue 2012 September 4, 2010
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globaphobia

1.the fear of balloons
2. one of those things quirky geeks have and only people from their social after-school group meet-up on thursdays actually know what it is and understand
-surpriiiiise! happy birthday man!
-*locks self in bathroom from fear* YOU KNOW I SUFFER FROM GLOBAPHOBIA
by thisisafakenamelololololololol November 4, 2012
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global test

a rational and objective protection measure, first proposed in these terms by the Democratic challenger,John Kerry, in the 2004 Presidential election. The test involves ensuring the safety and protection of all Americans throughout the world, including the safety of America's all volunteer army. It is designed to weigh the support of the developed international community on American actions and is only to be ignored if grossly abused, or in extreme urgency. To date, the administration of George W. Bush, once appointed and once elected to the U.S. Presidency, has ignored the implementation of the test.
Had America continued to allow United Nations officials to work, and conducted a global test of the threat Saddam Hussein posed, no American lives would have been utterly wasted in Iraq. Lives we can never get back, that ended pointlessly, all because the global test was not enacted.
by R. Chase Razabdouski November 3, 2004
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global boy

A name used for an auto tuner from Atlanta
Hey have you listened to that new auto tuned song Global Boy put out?
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The SIDGS is a program at the University of Ottawa in international development. It attracts the largest number of students in the whole faculty of social sciences.

It is known for its contingent of English Canadian hippies and Franco Ontarians who don't know what to do with their life but want to travel and want to get through university without learning anything too rough. In between two joints they learn to hate the IMF and the World Bank and that participatory research methods is THE shit. After four years they also finally realise that international development is a load of crap, and they should study something else if they want a good job.

The profs in the SIDGS are an amalgation of academics and field practitioners, mostly all Marxist. Is it thought that there are two factions within the SIDGS Marxist group, a maoist one led informally by an old development worker, and a Trotskyist one led by an old sociology professor who is plotting to take over the SIDGS to turn it into a revolutionary unit. When a large enough number of DVM alumni realise they can't get a job, they will most likely join this organization to become the cannon fodder of the revolution.
(In a School of International Development and Global Studies typical class discussion group)

Teacher's Assistant: So did anyone read the text for today?

Most students: No...

TA: Can someone who read it sum it up? (i.e. the TA doesn't understand shit about DVM either...)

One student: Yeah, it says the IMF f**ked all the development in Africa and they're full of shit.

TA: (reading the text) Yes... yes you're right that's what it said.
by Bittos Bittos-Ghali August 6, 2011
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Gloaming

The act of breaking a glow stick, mixing the chemical with your jizz, and depositing it into your lovers vagina.
I did some serious gloaming with your mother last night, she's such a bright woman.
by PL25 November 19, 2012
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