A tradition started by the Indians to make the white folks get fat, so that when they get revenge and kill all of us in 2012, we'll be too fat and lazy to fight back.
by Alex Zelking November 23, 2006
A four day “shock and awe” (q.v.) ritual of masochistic excess designed to torture Americans into some form of familial cohesion, usually imaginary. Undertaken as unconscious penance for what they done to the Indians.
by Spamarella November 25, 2010
by hardrock711 November 22, 2011
Thanksgiving for cleaning up the bathroom.
by Graham Fairbank December 20, 2007
Modern Definition: An American tradition where people gorge on turkey until they puke and visit their relatives to eat even more turkey. Usually the stores start to get flooded with Christmas shoppers at this time.
Real meaning: Originally celebrated by the Pilgrims (early north-American settlers) as a remembrance of the time when they took full advantage of the local Native American tribes' knowledge of the land, invited them all over to a feast, slaughtered them all the next day, settled on their land, and looked westward to the vast, unconquered land that lay ahead of them.
Real meaning: Originally celebrated by the Pilgrims (early north-American settlers) as a remembrance of the time when they took full advantage of the local Native American tribes' knowledge of the land, invited them all over to a feast, slaughtered them all the next day, settled on their land, and looked westward to the vast, unconquered land that lay ahead of them.
by sarcastic November 26, 2003
The third thursday of november, a day where you spend 5 hours cooking, 10 minutes eating, and 5 hours cleaning up so you can leave early for black friday
Thanksgiving time!
by Give me tendiereeeeeeeeeeeeeee November 23, 2017
Noun: An American holiday that was originally founded to celebrate the taking over of the Native Americans. It is now an excuse for people to eat way too much, get fat, and remind themselves of how embarassing their family is.
Girl1: Thanksgiving is a dumb holiday.
Girl2: Why? You get to eat as much as you want and watch everyone else get fat too!
Girl2: Why? You get to eat as much as you want and watch everyone else get fat too!
by Kelley Lee G November 24, 2006