Dead Poet's Society

A movie/book about a group of rich and extremely smart boys who have been taught all their lives that free-thinking is bad and that you should just conform and be like everyone elce. Until one day a man named John Keating comes in and teaches them English in a way that only allows free-thinking. He teaches the boy about perspective and how to find there voice and express there opinions. But sadly not all the boy in his class are able to do so. (See Neil Perry.)

The movie Dead Poet's Society is a great movie to learn about being yourself.

by Gigi.girl.12345 June 30, 2011

vogon poetry

1. Poetry recited by a Vogon or by several Vogons, and is the third worst Poetry in the galaxy.

2. Any poetry recited in a slow repetitive lilt that goes on for eternity, and makes one want to yell at the poet, "Shut up!!!", scream, and punch him in the gob.

Ralph recited some poetry at the Arts Festival, and he went on and on and on, in a slow drawn-out lilt. After 15 minutes the audience got so fed up, shouted "Vogon Poetry!" and pelted him with rotten vegetables and used condoms.

by Kerb November 29, 2004

plethora effect

The "plethora effect" is when kids use words in college application or SAT essays that sound good but they don't really know the meaning of. Sometimes they'll accidentally use thme as words that sound similar but have completely different meanings (for example, accidentally saying homeliness instead of homelessness) or sometimes they'll just be totally wrong. It was given the name a few years ago when someone decided that "plethora" was a 'good SAT word' and everyone started using it in college essays, much to the chagrin of the people who actually read the things. It's basically a result of kids prepping for the SAT and college process too much. (Starting SAT review books in middle school, taking tons of Princeton Review classes, etc.) Can sometimes be helped with the use of spellcheck.

Admissions person 1: "Look at this, this girl's essay is about how 'fragile and venerable' she was as a middle schooler, and how much she's grown."

Admissions person 2: "That's the plethora effect for you..."

by ZenGwen May 21, 2006

wax-poetic

To "wax poetic" means to become increasingly verbose and romantic in speech. To become more and more like a poem.

"Wax" = increase, "wane" = decrease.

It has nothing to do with vinyl records and bullshit hip-hop, "yo."

"Not to wax-poetic, but your eyes glimmer like the ocean on a summer evening..."

by vinylBZ October 24, 2008

poets of the fall

Poets of the Fall are an amazing band that hardly anyone has ever heard of outside of Europe. Pisses all over every other band that is out there. And then some. Check out their music on their website, or the repulsive phenomenon that is known as myspace.

Example: Poets of the Fall are the musical form of heaven.

by Adam in England July 2, 2007

Plethoremotion

The feeling of having every emotion known to man, simultaneously occurring inside you, happiness to sadness to fear, the whole shebang. Originates from the feeling one has after watching an episode of Doctor Who. The most common facial expression that can be used to identify Plethoremotion is the " :O " face and at times, even the "jizz in my pants" face. It can be clearly defined by thinking of one million million million million million roller coasters of emotion, that are on fire and filled with liquid nitrogen flying off the rails in concert and falling into a pit of flowers and skeletons while fireworks explode all around them, accompanied by dramatic music played solely on the piano. Similar feelings are also, the one where you can't feel your heart any more, or it feels like there is a hole in its place.

"awh man, i just sat through a Doctor Who marathon...I'm just so...so...plethoremotional"

by The purple flying hippo June 4, 2013

Poet

A map-maker of the collective unconscious.

"Watch out!" The Poet said, "Here there be dragons."

by Professor Oblivious September 1, 2013