When a movie or TV program suspends the current events to let the viewers see something that happened in a character's past. Depending on what you're watching, flashbacks are done either to build character/plot or they are simply a way to make a joke out of past events.
"Family Guy is famous for it's random flashbacks"
"Flashbacks are the third deadliest killer in animes; most of time someone dies, it's during a flashback."
"Flashbacks are the third deadliest killer in animes; most of time someone dies, it's during a flashback."
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1.Past tense of "flatbacking." To have slept (ie sexed) your way through something.
2. To have prostituted your way through something, either by trading for sex or by selling sex for money in order to pay.
2. To have prostituted your way through something, either by trading for sex or by selling sex for money in order to pay.
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Get the Flashback Mary mug.a geeky backpacker - youngsters which always carry around a backpack stuffed with 'indispensable' gadgetry: laptop, pda, gps etc
also referring to a backpacker with better budget - independent travelers with money to spend.
also referring to a backpacker with better budget - independent travelers with money to spend.
Your flashpacker friend couldn't possibly enjoy a coffee away from Google. Ok, let's go to Starbucks, they have WiFi there
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