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Lampshade Hanging

To purposely mention and point out a distracting cliche in your work, and then to move on like nothing happened. Used to have the audience of your work be less likely to murder you for using the cliche.
"Writer: 'The world was overrun by vampire robot zombies, what else would it be? Anyways the vampire robot zombies were defeated by a guy with a whole bunch of guns, silver bullets too. And a garlic flavored wooden stake Electromagnetic Pulse antivirus firing machine. Seriously that made it so easy. Anyways yeah there were a bunch of explosions. Fuck yeah!'

Reader: What a Lampshade Hanging sunufabitch. It's funny because he pointed it out."
by Tekwerk September 6, 2010
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lampoon

A satirical piece of writing which ridicules someone or something.
Some of the most funny writings are lampoons which make fun of people.
by D-Vo February 4, 2006
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National Lampoon

Humor magazine off shoot of Harvard Lampoon first appeared in April 1970. Petered out in 1975 after many writers left for Saturday Night Live
National Lampoon is a silly magazine who's prime was in 1970-1975
Harvard Lampoon
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Louisiana Lampshade

The "Louisiana Lampshade" is basically an RTFBG but while she is gargling your balls, you shit on her eyes and face.
Dude, Dude i hooked up last nite with this chick who was a real freak. She wanted me to give her a Louisiana Lampshade, so i got the hell out of there...
by JIVO March 7, 2008
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lampin'

To lay around and not do anything like a lamp. To chill. To relax.
I was just lampin' around yesterday not doing anything.
by eliteeagle April 23, 2009
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lamprey

An uncircumcised penis. So named because of the resemblance between the puckered-up foreskin at the end of the flaccid penis and the sucker mouth of a lamprey.
Antonio's uncut - he's got big old lamprey in his pants.
by bws55 September 3, 2007
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cold lamper

One who lamps. The term literally means to hang out under a street lamp but can be applied to any sort of chilling. While anyone can cold lamp, the proper noun "Cold Lamper" can only be applied to Flava Flav, member of the seminal rap group Public Enemy.
Flava Flav is the Cold Lamper. He straight up chills, yo.
by Joe Davola December 29, 2004
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