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All roads lead to rome

No matter what path you take, you will always end up in the same place. Represents an inevitabilistic worldview, one where you cannot do anything to change what will happen. That what is happening, no matter how bad it seems, was destined to happen. All

Rome symbolizes something you can't avoid. Could be a place. A feeling. A person. And thus, the detached emotional state of finding yourself in a lonely and depressing, yet familiar situation. Or, it could represent life and death. In a lifetime, you lose everything. People you know; people you love, and eventually, yourself. There is nothing you can do to stop the cycle of life from occurring.

Life is a constant struggle of moving on from the things that happened in the past. People lie to you. Bad things happen to you. Can you really forget these things? No, you always end up back in Rome.

The white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland, commonly associated with this statement, symbolizes the anxiety caused by the unstoppable passage of time. Time is always ticking, and time is the separation between past loss, current joy, and future loss. Slowly but surely, you will lose everything until you experience the ultimate loss: Your life.

No matter what, all good things must come to an end.
Person 1: No matter what, every relationship I'm in ends in heartbreak. Is it all my fault?
Person 2: No, son, all roads lead to Rome.

Person 1: I love video games. However, every time I have fun on a game, it eventually gets boring, and I switch to a new game. The cycle never ends.

Person 2: You're just wasting time, kid. All roads lead to Rome.
by illwhatibleed October 6, 2025
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Shift Lead

The position everyone strives to be. Must be tall, handsome and ready to go above and beyond for any needs within his crew.
wow I want to be a shift lead just like that handsome man with sweaty muscles some day
by jaren 696969696 June 19, 2019
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Years of Lead Paint

Neologism proposing the current (or future) era of American political violence as being comparable to the Italian “Years of Lead”. Modified to make reference to the side effects of lead exposure.
Did you hear what happened today?”

“Yeah, I think we’re in the Years of Lead Paint now”
by UrbanDefiners September 10, 2025
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lead-plated-gold moment

When you/someone mixes up the subject and the object of a sentence.
Me: Is it possible to lead plate gold?
Roommate: Yes... but why the fuck would you want to do that?
Me: Because... *facepalm*
Roommate: Yet another brilliant lead-plated-gold moment, brought to you by lack of sleep!
by Dr. WubWub March 5, 2015
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no lead in their pencil

A slang comment relating to cowardly people, those with no backbone, lacking courage or character. It also means the inability to gain an erection during sex.
'Ironically the French terrorists who attacked Charlie Hebdo had no lead in their pencils. Also, it is rumoured that they had no lead in their pencils'
by ZJ3EF January 8, 2015
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Leaded Generation

The name of the demographic cohort between the "Silent" generation and "Generation X," currently called the "Baby Boomer" generation. After the waning of Baby Boomer political power, approx 2030-2040, the newly predominant Millennial generation will update the name of the Baby Boomer generation to the Leaded Generation.

This new name will describe the generation's selfish and misguided behavior, as well imply the causal link between poor decision making and exposure to lead sources (such as lead paint and leaded gas) which were common pollutants prior to the Clean Air Act and other regulatory action.
1) Many families owned homes before the Leaded Generation ruined it for everyone.

2) "Freedom for me but not for thee" - Common Leaded Generation adage
by amotherfuckingsorcerer May 9, 2021
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Lead Fever

AKA: Shift Lead Fever

Pronounced: (LEED FEEVUR)
When a shift lead or a coworker on a higher pay scale constantly calls out of work due to their sick time paying well enough to live on with little to no consequences as a result.

Can also be used as a way to say somebody at work is faking being sick.
Josh called out of work for the 5th time this month! Our boss wont punish him because he’s a senior technician and “cant afford to lose him”. Must be Lead Fever.
by Discount Tire September 14, 2025
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