avant garde

1. a pretentious way to call something pretentious (if you're an idot/hack/wanker), typically accompanied by a sarcastic smirk of perceived superiority and the speech pattern often associated with witty remarks, but missing the intelligent aspect of such;

2. a segue into snark, when bumbling blowhards overuse the word to describe things that aren't even remotely avant garde;

3. a way to acknowledge the originality (and often, the unconventionality) of a work, typically with the implication that it is advancing its medium rather that simply being ludicrous, whilst eschewing the ethnocentric desire to make such a comment in one's native tongue (assuming you're not French).

1. *Looking at abstract art and rolling eyes* "This is so avant garde." *smirks, sighs, and walks away to repeat this pattern with all other paintings in MOMA, tiring his/her over-smirked face in the process*.

2. "Have you guys seen Transformers 5 yet?"

"No"
"It's pretty avant garde guys you should all check it out!"
"What do you mean by 'avant garde'?"
"I mean uh, that it was pretty damn cool."
"Shut the fuck up and die."
"Heh..."
"No really," *pulls out knife due to anti-gun laws*

"...I've had it with people like you who hear some word on O'Reilly's word of the day and shit it out as if you actually understand what it means and what context it should be used in."

*stabs person to death in the skull in a triangular fashion, then pulls out said persons eyes and places them inside the triangular hole, vomits in it, and remarks*
"Now that is avant garde."

3. Such and such work: "___insert work here___", "is Avant-garde".

by Sudonihymn August 19, 2011

Advanceshipper

Advanceshipper, the term used for those who adore the coupling of Ash and May. ( Because May entered the series in the Advance season. )

Typically, Advanceshippers dislike Pokeshippers.

Advanceshipper: May and Ash at the cutest couple ever!
Pokeshipper: ...*Glare*

by Princess-Hinotama May 10, 2007

Advanture

Going on an adventure, trek, mission, or trip in a van. Usually a large van, 11 or more passengers.

Dude, we're going on an advanture today with advanture tours.

by Advan Man February 26, 2010

Avan

A homo who's been raped by an egg and is a snake

I got avaned

by Avanisasnake July 26, 2017

Advanced

Part of the sixth season of Pokémon, an popular anime, where Ash, also known as Satoshi in the Japanese version, travels to Hoenn to go on in his journey to become a Pokemon master. On his way, he meets May, an aspiring Pokémon trainer who only wants to travel around the world and they are also accompanied by Max, May's younger brother and the return of Brock.

"The sixth season of Pokemon: Advanced is such a better idea of the show than the originals!"

by patheticness October 16, 2004

avant garde

the French word for "bullshit"

Person 1: "Post-modernism is so avant garde."

Person 2: "I know. It's quite awful, isn't it?"

by haaaaaze September 15, 2009

advanced cretinism

study and science of a people sociologically, grammatically, linguistically, and/or spiritually "challenged"; specializing on those who are out and out ignorant. ie; those not caring whether they are "smart", or even worse; those who are sure they are! (science of the not so fully developed brain!)

why do you like to speak like a fucking redneck john? -didn't you know? i mastered in advanced cretinism!! -oh, sorry!!

they say ignorance is bliss, and truth is pain, in my studies of advanced cretinism, many would scoff at this notion.

one of my books on advanced cretinism has been NOT PUBLISHED!!

by michael foolsley February 8, 2010