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gastrointestinal distress

the shits
the runs
diarrhea

often caused by the consumption of large amounts of alcohol

always a good reason to skip class
i had a really bad case of gastrointestinal distress, thats why i missed the final exam...
by drunk_ November 18, 2010
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I digress

To deviate from the original topic of conversation, to go off topic. Typically one says this phrase when they realized they have gone off topic and decide to return to the original point.

Another definition is to return to an original point.
Man1: Yes yes I know I'm a slacker and an asshole, but I digress. We need to come up with a plan now. (bad example sorry)

George was doing so well with getting his grades up but he's digressed into that bad behavior of drinking and partying all night and not doing any work.
by cloudsgrl October 28, 2010
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damsel in distress

A stereotype of portraying an unmarried female who needs to be saved.
Snow White(Show White and the seven Dwarfs), Sleeping Beauty(Sleeping Beauty), Princess Zelda(The Legend of Zelda, The Adventures of Link, A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, the Oracle Series, Four Swords), Princess Peach Toadstoal(some of the Mario games) and etc.
by MoonGirl July 29, 2004
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Disregard women, acquire currency

A more formal version of the popular saying, Fuck bitches get money.
shortened- DWAC

pronoounced- duhwaaahk
Stephen and christina know how to Disregard women, acquire currency all day everyday.
by christinaD&stephenF November 30, 2010
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damsel in distress

A usually beautiful, virginal, virtuous, and hopelessly passive young woman constantly in need of rescue by the dashing hero. She is portrayed as rather asexual and usually a foil for the assertive but dangerously seductive femme fatale.

While the damsel in distress makes appearances in many folk stories dating back to Antiquity and features in a few fairy tales, this passive heroine does not seem to make regular appearances until the Victorian era; the Middle Ages were idealized as a time of pre-industrial innocence and the Victorians projected their ideals of men and women onto their Medieval ancestors; the Industrial Revolution was in full swing and women, displaced from farms and entering the middle class, lost some autonomy over their lives and became more ornamental, more dependent on their husbands.
Damsels in distress are often shown tied to railroad tracks, to sawmill conveyor belts, or offered as sacrifice to a dragon (or King Kong) until her knight in shining armor arrives to save her in the nick of time.
A damsel in distress would not have fared well in Medieval Europe. Generally, European women in the Middle Ages were not expected to be these timid shrinking violets; Christina of Markyate (who resisted a forced marriage and followed her dream of becoming a holy woman), Marjorie of Carrick, Christine de Pisan (a proto-feminist of sorts), Margery Kempe (another mystic), and Nicola de la Haye (led her castle against a siege in her 60s) are just a few of examples of women who took the reins in their own lives.

Women of that time and place were in danger of abduction, especially if they were wealthy... but it was preferable to a loveless marriage. The average "knight in shining armor" was a mix of professional assassin and local rapist, so the damsel often arranged to be kidnapped by her preferred suitor or even do the abducting herself:
Marjorie of Carrick (c. 1253-1292) was a countess in her own right, but was married young to an older husband who died in the Crusades in 1271; she was informed of this by her husband's handsome young companion, Robert de Brus. Marjorie, out hunting at the time and far from upset by the news, was so taken by his beauty that she took him back to her castle and held him captive until he agreed to marry her; she must have done something right, because they were married within days. The second of their eleven children was Robert the Bruce himself.
by Lorelili October 10, 2011
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ER-Disrespect

The disrespectful use of the word nigger, as opposed to the brotherly use of the word nigga. Can be used to refer to a person of any race or ethnicity.
Man, that guy is a nigger. That's right, ER-disrespect
by fdgsdfgsfd May 25, 2008
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Cheuk Hin Disrespecter

An individual who does not appreciate Lord Cheuk Hin's greatness, an individual who violates the sext beast himself.
Did you just see Bradley violate the lord? He is such a Cheuk Hin Disrespecter.
by cheukhinrespecter11 June 15, 2021
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