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Proper Atari

A phrase used as a substitute for "totally awesome".
Often used by people who are into video game style music.

It is widely believed that Mike Cook of Spheres of chaos and the gamewave podcast coined this phrase.

Although this phrase can and is often used to describe the awesomeness of atari music, it is not exclusive and can be used to describe anything from music to your best friends sisters new haircut.
"Have you heard the new GOTO80 EP? It's Proper Atari."

"Dude, your mom looks Proper Atari in that sweater, she's really slutting it up since your dad left, huh?"
by Tony Gallo December 14, 2008
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ataturk

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was born in 1881 in Selanik. His father name is Ali Rıza and his mother name is Zubeyde Hanim. He was a soldier. When the Ottoman Empire was lose first world war, the enmies took over the Turkey and Mustafa Kemal adn his friends drove away all enemies from Turkey. And then he publish Republis of Turkey. He died in 1938 is İstanbul.
Ataturk was the greatest Turk in the world.
by Murat Selçuk February 3, 2005
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Atari Safari

"Atari Safari" is an addendum to the Palma Sutra, the ancient vedic discourse on self-pleasure. An Atari Safari is when you climb inside an arcade-size video game and replace the joystick with your own and hope that the next player gets the high score.
Roger thought he was just playing Burgertime, but he was really on an Atari Safari.
by boat butter March 11, 2009
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atari

Originally maker of coin-op video arcades followed by home arcade games and finally 8-bit computers such as the 400 and 800. After the advent of the IBM PC clones it came out with the ST series but they failed to catch on with businesses. Kept on going strong for years in Europe (Germany in particular) but finally went out of business.
I got an Atari 800 in 1982.
by Mark Mills July 15, 2005
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atarus

atarus's challenge could only have come from an evil bastard like him.
by Smurf March 3, 2004
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more Atari

Used as an alternative to old school. Refers to old fashioned/retro methods, ways and style. Often a comparison with the trends and fashion of today.
In Cee Lo Green's song 'Fuck You':

Yeah, I'm sorry, I can't afford a Ferrari,
But that don't mean I can't get you there.
I guess he's an X-box and I'm more Atari,
But the way you play your game ain't fair.

X-box refers to 'today's'/modern style, while more Atari refers to old fashioned/'yesterday's' style...
by SEYDLITZ January 15, 2013
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ataraxian

As an addition to the premise of tranquility and peaceful nature. One who has inner peace as a humanist, secularly. That person is referred to as Ataraxian.
By their very nature, Ataraxians understand what tranquility or inner peace is. That place of Ataraxia.
by Mengwhey September 16, 2019
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