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Edge City

1)A book written in 1991 by Joel Garreau

2)A "Suburb" with a large commercial district that takes on the identity of the metropolitan center, along with all others within a particular MSA/CMSA

3)A place which is dependent on the automobile, usually growing up around a mall, freeway exit, and several office parks

4)A place which often was nothing but forest and or farmland prior to 1965, or at most a small town

5)A place where there are often surface parking lots as far as the eye can see

6)The setting of the 1994 Jim Carey box office feature presentation "The Mask." A city plagued by crime and pollution

7)A nationally-syndicated comic strip created by Terry and Patty LeBan about a Jewish American family "juggling relationships, careers and traditions at the fast pace of modern life"
The edge city as Garreau describes it is fundamentally impossible without the automobile. It was not until automobile ownership surged in the 1950s, after four decades of fast steady growth, that the edge city became truly possible. Whereas virtually every American central business district (CBD) or secondary downtown that developed around non-motorized transportation or the streetcar has a pedestrian-friendly grid pattern of relatively narrow streets, most edge cities instead have a hierarchical street arrangement centered around pedestrian-hostile arterial roads.

-Fom a certain popular online encyclopedia which anyone can edit
by Miskatonic Jack 2 January 14, 2011
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Edgesexual

Too edgy to have a sexuality.
Yo that guy primo is edgesexual.
by teetan June 6, 2018
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half-edge

people who weren't able to commit to the entire lifestyle of straight edge. they allow themselves to either smoke OR drink OR have sex outside of committed relationships.
Person A: Why is Emily smoking? I thought she was straight edge!

Person B: dude, didn't you hear? she broke edge three months ago, and now she's just half-edge.
by JadeSkellington July 24, 2008
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Miles Edgeworth

Miles edgeworth is a character from Ace attorney: phoenix wright.

He wears a cravat and an open red suit, with a high kind of hairstyle.

he has a fucking crush on Phoenix wright, can't blame em
person 1: miles edgeworth is cool
person 2: he's hot too
by rabbi lol January 13, 2022
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Edgewater

1.A small town in Maryland full of rednecks. 2.The shittiest place on earth. 3.Where the Apocalypse will begin.
Don't move to Edgewater, you'll get shot up by a redneck.
by Lorenzo Alcazar August 30, 2008
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base edge bevel

The base edge bevel is the degree of upward ski or snowboard edge angle away from the snow surface.

Base edge bevel allows the ski or snowboard to skid at the beginning of the turn, prior to hooking-up or engaging a turn. The result is that the ski or snowboard is less likely to get caught-up on the snow and throw the rider into the woods.

Too much base edge bevel can result in skidding a turn or not having enough edge hold on the firm, hard snow surfaces resulting in a yard sale.
I love turning screws as a ski tech, but that Edge Head bitching about his base edge bevel not giving him enough edge hold is enough to piss off the Pope.
by The Snow Prophet May 13, 2010
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Colorado straight edge

Where you quit doing all drugs and drinking but keep smoking weed.
My liver is hurting, its time to go Colorado straight edge.
by joshthephotographer138 January 7, 2014
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