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Brandy Interested

When you click interested in an event, but there is no way you are going.
John clicked that he is interested in going to the event but I am pretty sure he is just Brandy interested
by Ohio guy 71 September 2, 2018
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Second Hand Interest

When you do something or buy something you normally wouldn't just because your current friends own or enjoy doing it.
Ever since I moved here I can't stop buying guns. Billy Bob takes me hunting every week, so I end up going to gun shows and the like.

Sounds like you've picked up a second hand interest.
by Jordan P March 8, 2008
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interextremum

Period of time between two solstices; plural "interextrema". The vernal and autumnal interextrema are the interextrema containing the vernal and autumnal equinoxes, respectively.
I'm going to Disney World next interextremum, so stoked!
by MisterEmm February 8, 2013
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A variation of the Tennison Gambit that you use in chess when your chess opponents threaten thermonuclear war. Your opponents don't stand a chance against this strategy!
The next move is obvious. We can launch an RT-2PM2 Topol-M cold-launched three-stage solid-propellant silo-based intercontinental ballistic missile to attack black's remaining pieces. However, if you are a beginner at chess, you can use an anti-tank guided missile instead.
by Vikram Rahul Abishek Pranav April 26, 2022
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pale and interesting

A cheeky reference to heroines of Victorian operas and novels, who frequently became ill -- but not so ill they can't remain both romantically tragic and, above all, beautiful. Usually they have tuberculosis (TB), which allows for dramatic coughing up of blood, tender goodbyes with devastated lovers, and a ROBUST aria right before she perishes. Somehow the fact that she's dying of an airborne disease never deters anyone from seeking out her intimate company. She's got this charming pink glow to her fevered cheeks that no gentleman can resist...

Authors of these stories love to wax rhapsodic about the heroine's "milky" or "alabaster" skin, and the sicker she gets the more exquisitely white she becomes! While modern readers may wonder why anyone would want to make love to a woman the same color as chalk, bleach, or the cliffs of Dover, the Victorians were very turned on by these connotations of racial purity. Nowadays such descriptions are considered purple prose, and if not outright racist then certainly in very poor taste.

The phrase "pale and interesting" is an oxymoron that mocks both the silliness and melodrama of this trope. You may feel sick as a dog, but hey, some uptight people with weird hang-ups around sex find that attractive! Lucky you!

See TVTropes.com's "Victorian Novel Disease" for a detailed description of the source material.
"I'm still nauseas, I'm just going to lie on this couch looking pale and interesting and hope hot person comes to talk to me."

"You definitely have a fever, but on the bright side you're looking very pale and interesting draped across that bed."

"This isn't a swoon, my arms and legs feel like wet noodles."
"Sexy."
by Cynicisms July 15, 2023
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conflict of interest

A financial, emotional, reputational, or other personal interest in any matter held by a person having authority over the same matter. Tking advantage of authority over such a self-serving personal interest may be considered criminal. At the very least, it is usually harmful to others.
Most legislators either already have been, or eventually become lawyers, so they abuse their conflict of interest over legislation to make sure that laws are conducive to the job security of lawyers and legislators.
by Downstrike May 21, 2004
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low interest light

n. If humans came equipped with dashboards, this would be the indicator light that shows you have no interest in a given activity.
I need you to attend tomorrow's weekly meeting for me; my low interest light just came on.
by SkidMarkyMark February 1, 2007
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