In Lacanian theory, a signifier which stops the slippage of the signified under the signifier and fixes meaning, thereby forming a stable symbolic order. It is a particular signifier with no signified of its own, which stands in for the "fullness" of the meaning of the symbolic system itself. However, since contingency and lack are taken to be primary in Lacanian theory, it is necessarily arbitrary and is unable to guarantee its own primacy except through arbitrary and ungrounded violence. It is always haunted by the return of the Real.
In my view, this concept is useful but its basis is mistaken. What is repressed is active desire, held down for fear of punishment, and not some kind of ontological void. Lacan is wrong to pose his problems on such a metaphysical level.
by Andy May 7, 2004
Get the master-signifiermug. Someone who lets you talk and talk until you have completely exposed yourself.
They are masters at fishing for ideas and leading you on.
They are masters at fishing for ideas and leading you on.
That Norbert, he is a master-baiter
by whiteson November 18, 2009
Get the master-baitermug. Doggystyle Intercourse on top of a flight of stairs, when the male knocks out the feemale's arms and rides her the entire way down.
Also see bobsled.
Also see bobsled.
by Josh Aussems March 25, 2005
Get the Stair Mastermug. - one who possesses and masters the characteristics of steez and all of its components
- a skier who holds their poles straight out beside them with no regard for other skiers or boarders around them
- a skier who holds their poles straight out beside them with no regard for other skiers or boarders around them
Oh snap. . . here comes the steez master. I better get out of his way.
Look at the way that skier holds his poles. He's clearly the steez master.
Look at the way that skier holds his poles. He's clearly the steez master.
by datBIGdawg317 January 2, 2010
Get the steez mastermug. 
Get the staff mastermug. is a person that is a master of a small universe. They work for the Lego Company in Denmark and are responsible for any new brick's design, the sets that go on the market, and the models that you see all over the world. Because they get to play with toys for a living they are the biggest kids in the world and are living proof that you can do anything you want.
by blueiniraq November 5, 2007
Get the Lego Mastermug. n. A person who contributes enough definitions to the Urban Dictionary to rank in the "Top-10 Most Frequent Contributors" list.
by D'emon March 20, 2003
Get the Oodee Mastermug.