The process of befriending the best friend(s) of your best friend. Given the mutual common best friend, a relationship can easily be formed with your best friend's said best friend(s).
My best friend's friends came to visit this weekend. I instantly became best friends with them through the process of Osmosis Besties. We are now one group of real life Besties.
by KyFace September 28, 2009
Inability to fight the urge to wear white Baby Phat pants and extra large hoop earings.Usually occuring within 3-5 days of residing in Oshawa.
by LittleBee4 July 05, 2009
by Tater Hoss December 21, 2016
the passive process by which one learns of something via a. social networks or b. other forms of internet-based informational services. It is key to note that the knowledge in question must be about something one does not have first-hand exposure to and/or experience with.
Used most specifically in reference to second-hand knowledge of internet-based phenomena/culture such as a meme.
Etymology: An adaptation of osmosis as defined as a study method.
Used most specifically in reference to second-hand knowledge of internet-based phenomena/culture such as a meme.
Etymology: An adaptation of osmosis as defined as a study method.
"The cake is a lie?" Yeah, I know what that references - I've never played Portal but I learned about that meme through internet osmosis.
by MissMercurial July 11, 2011
Yooni has been typing up all her history notes in hopes that tactile osmosis will prepare her for the final.
by the bestest student ever January 19, 2006
"Did you see those people move away from me in the elevator after all those other people got off? I couldn't tell if I had bad breath or if it was just elevator osmosis."
by Barefoot Steve November 14, 2007
When a person becomes aware of an aspect of nerd culture by simply interacting with nerd communities.
"This Warhammer 40K thing is pretty crazy, how did you hear about it?"
"I don't know. I play a lot of video games. I guess I picked it up through nerd osmosis"
"I don't know. I play a lot of video games. I guess I picked it up through nerd osmosis"
by Koatam October 15, 2020