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Berkeley bum

Someone who will stop you as you walk and tell you:

a) You look good, son. Naw, naw don't leave, I jus wanna talk ta ya...

b) I will take verbal abuse for change

among many other statements. They will often smoke weed or crack right on the street, and the cops don't care. They have an 'ignore the bums' policy.

These bums will often wander onto campus to have enlightening conversations about the bible, only to pass out in the middle of a pathway.

They are generally nice people, some even have advanced degrees, but somewhere along the line (around 1967-1975) they just fucked up and couldn't recover. Most of the sleep in people's park.
Paco: Yo G, you see that Berkeley bum?

Jaime: Yeah, how'd he get all the way down to Stockton?

Paco: Shit if I know, but he taught me about the space-time continuum, I feel like I might go back to school.

Jaime: Yeah, they are pretty smart, but yet they don't do shit with their lives 'cept create elaborate radio mixing equipment next to Top Dog.
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berkeley lesbian

A woman who experimented with lesbianism when she was in college and has not had a relationship with a woman since.

A woman who thinks she is cool because she made out with a girl once in college.
Liz, stop flirting with Monica! You know you're just a Berkeley lesbian!

Ethan: "I would ask Bethany out, but I don't think she's into guys."
Tyler: "Dude, she will totally hook up with you. She's a Berkeley lesbian."
by maddogphysicist July 19, 2012
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berkeley fog

A passing cloud or scent of potsmoke, which is commonly experienced while walking the streets of the city of Berkeley, California. Often used to poke fun at Berkeley's marijuana-friendly population and attitude.
I was walking down Telegraph avenue with a few friends and we encountered the Berkeley fog while passing by one of the head shops.
by IsaacE June 12, 2006
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Berkeley goggles

When you first arrive in Berkeley, you don't think the people are very attractive, but as you notice how crappy the city is, you start to think that a 6 is 9, and then you find it even easier to hook up with people since outsiders look real good to them.
Roomate 1: Dude, these chicks are ugly..

Roomate 2: I know man, wish i was back in L.A.

(10 days later, as the roomates walk down Bancroft)

Roomate 1: Damn u see that chick, she's lookin better by the day!

Roomate 2: huh, suddenly all these chicks are lookin good, u see the girl at the museum, I wanna marry her.

Roomate 1: but u said she was a 4...

Roomate 2: well, now that I see all the ugly chicks here, she's an 8!

Roomate 3: Must be those Berkeley goggles, or maybe its the weed...
by gointoberkeleybitches!!! December 31, 2009
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Berkeley vision

n. a chronic condition which causes a male to perceive females as more attractive than they actually are. Caused by going to school at UC Berkeley, where attractive women are in short supply. aka. PERMANENT BEER GOGGLES
Cal student: damn, that girl is fine.
UCLA student: naw, she's ugly as hell. you just got Berkeley vision.
by Robert Birgeneau January 3, 2009
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berkeley hills

the hills of berkeley,CA
where the youngsters get hyphy
from the circle to deep marin
THE HILLS WE FRESH
"yo man you wanna get hyphy"
"ya dude we gotta go to the Berkeley Hills"
by DANIELkillian November 10, 2008
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Berkeley Breakfast

A gratuitous sexual act involving bacon.
"Snorting coke off a hooker's ass is so 1990s. The Berkeley Breakfast is where it's at."
by HLPONY January 8, 2009
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