by LaurenceOfPompei June 12, 2018
Get the Prekend mug.1. A person whose entire worldview is shaped by current events, stumbling along from one crisis to another.
2. Someone without a historical perspective or hope for the future.
3. The mindset that causes "knee-jerk" reactions to almost any kind of social or economic change.
4. A state of perpetual panic about "the world today."
2. Someone without a historical perspective or hope for the future.
3. The mindset that causes "knee-jerk" reactions to almost any kind of social or economic change.
4. A state of perpetual panic about "the world today."
Larry says the U.S. economy will never recover no matter what happens in Washington -- he's a typical Prisoner of the Present.
by Peter Kobs June 4, 2009
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To repent previous to doing something that you would feel guilt about after doing it. Pre-paid repentance
by David Anderson June 6, 2005
Get the prepent mug.A false friendship that two people honor because they feel like they have to, not because they actually want to.
This generally involves a male and a female relationship in which person A likes person B and hopes to be more than friends, while the person B keeps person A there out of sheer pity, which results in person B thinking he or she has a chance with person A.
This generally involves a male and a female relationship in which person A likes person B and hopes to be more than friends, while the person B keeps person A there out of sheer pity, which results in person B thinking he or she has a chance with person A.
Elliot: I'm sick of my pretendship with him.
Dick: Then ditch him. You know he wants to get back together with you, and you know that you don't care about him AT ALL.
Elliot: But...
Dick: Lingering in this pretendship will do you both damage in the end. He will only think you are leading him on.
Elliot: True dat.
Dick: Then ditch him. You know he wants to get back together with you, and you know that you don't care about him AT ALL.
Elliot: But...
Dick: Lingering in this pretendship will do you both damage in the end. He will only think you are leading him on.
Elliot: True dat.
by travisjane April 25, 2009
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Get the present mic mug.She's presently present, so I'll present my present.
Translation: She's now here, so I'll give my gift.
Translation: She's now here, so I'll give my gift.
by Shiny Things Are Shiny February 20, 2013
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