A novel written by Charles Dickens in weekly parts from December 1860 to August 1861. Great Expectations is the story about Pip, a selfish, whiny teenager that grows up into a "gentleman." This is a novel assigned to many high school students to read, and probably the most boring book in existence. My advice, don't waste your time, cliffs notes work.
1) Thanks, Charles Dickens, for wasting two months of my life with your crappy book, Great Expectations.
2) I would call Bernadette, but she is reading that god-awful book Great Expectations.
2) I would call Bernadette, but she is reading that god-awful book Great Expectations.
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When someone enters an elevator expecting the person closest to the panel of buttons to press one for them.
by IllinoisPam April 10, 2009
Get the Elevation Expectation mug.A problem that plagued many adventure games in the computer gaming market during the 80's and early 90's, wherein the way in which one had to proceed was so ridiculously complicated and obtuse, you'd have to be psychic to know it on your own.
The game developers expected you to either be psychic, buy a guide book, or call one of their ridiculously priced tip lines to rack your parent's phone bill up the ass, just to get past one screen.
This is obviously no longer a problem in games today, given that the internet now makes it easy to find a walkthrough for pretty much any game.
Often results in frustrated pixelbitching
The game developers expected you to either be psychic, buy a guide book, or call one of their ridiculously priced tip lines to rack your parent's phone bill up the ass, just to get past one screen.
This is obviously no longer a problem in games today, given that the internet now makes it easy to find a walkthrough for pretty much any game.
Often results in frustrated pixelbitching
Person 1: "How's Simon the Sorcerer going dude?"
Person 2: "It's good, but some of the puzzles are ridiculous! One of them, I had to try and wear a dog, so that it would be magically transformed into a pair of Hush Puppies, to sneak past a guard. Good thing I found a walkthrough online, but talk about pre-millennial psychic expectancy!"
Person 2: "It's good, but some of the puzzles are ridiculous! One of them, I had to try and wear a dog, so that it would be magically transformed into a pair of Hush Puppies, to sneak past a guard. Good thing I found a walkthrough online, but talk about pre-millennial psychic expectancy!"
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- Yeah, it's called "subverting expectations" these days.
- Yeah, it's called "subverting expectations" these days.
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"The new president is a douche bag."
"That's expectable...."
"Why!? Is it because he's a democrat?!"
"No. . . It's because he ran for president; they've all been douche bags since Thomas Jefferson."
"^_^"
"That's not a word. . ."
"$@J)(DE)@XKLK!!"
"Fair enough."
"The new president is a douche bag."
"That's expectable...."
"Why!? Is it because he's a democrat?!"
"No. . . It's because he ran for president; they've all been douche bags since Thomas Jefferson."
"^_^"
"That's not a word. . ."
"$@J)(DE)@XKLK!!"
"Fair enough."
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