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ray bans 

A high end sunglasses brand that dates back to 1937. Originally created by Bausch and Lomb, the company was sold to Luxottica, an italian eyewear company. They popularized the aviator and wayfarer style sunglasses. The styles have come and gone alot over the years and wayfarers particularly are making a comeback. Lots of famous people have been caught wearing ray-bans:

Ray-bans in pop culture:
audrey hepburn
tom cruise- risky business, top gun
blues brothers
will smith-men in black
bob dylan
andy warhol
kevin bacon
Douglas MacArthur, full time bad ass...
John Lennon, Travis Bickle, Slash, M. Shadows, Sam Totman, Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Madonna, Hunter S. Thompson, Dave Gahan, Megan Fox, Irwin Sparkes, Lemmy Kilmister, Johnny Knoxville, Pat Lobene, Freddie Mercury, Roger Waters, Steven Tyler, Axl Rose, Kanye West, Jim Morrison, Mas Oyama, Shahrukh Khan, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, Ely Buendia, Jeff Lynne and GG Allin.

presidents?
John F. Kennedy
Barrack Obama (yes, he has a pair)
"My Ray bans say 'Hand made in italy' however I doubt it."

"you rich bastard, you have ray-bans on"
ray bans by dopplemire April 17, 2009
A spirit from ancient Irish/Scottish Celtic mythology.

From Old Irish "ben síde" and modern Irish "bean sídhe"/"bean sí", the word roughly means "woman of the fairies" ("bean": "woman"; "sídhe": "fairy mound"). When a citizen of a village dies, a woman (sometimes known as keener (taken from the Irish Gaelic word "caoin" ("to weep/cry")) would sing a caoineadh (lament); legend has it that, for five great Gaelic families: the O'Gradys, the O'Neills, the O'Briens, the O'Connors, and the Kavanaghs, the lament would be sung by a particular fairy woman.

When the stories were translated into English, a distinction between the "banshee" and the other fairy folk was introduced which does not seem to exist in the original stories in their original language, and the funeral lament became a wail that heralded a death. Hearing the cry of the banshee came to forewarn a death in the family and seeing the banshee would signify one's own death.

Most often, the banshee appears a maiden in white, combing their cascading fair hair with a silver comb (which is likely confused with local mermaid myths), while they are also shown in black or green and wearing a grey cloak.

She may also appear (near a body of water) as a washer-woman, and is seen apparently washing the blood-stained clothes of the ones who are about to die. In this guise she is known as the bean-nighe (washing woman).
The haunting sound of a woman sobbing echoed faintly, but clearly, through the night... the cry of the banshee!
banshee by Lorelili September 2, 2006

Ray-Bans 

Absolutely amazing brand of sunglasses/glasses, most widely known for their aviators and wafers, but cost a hella alot of money. Like, $140. If you see someone wearing Ray-Bans, they clearly are well off since they can afford to pay that much for sunglasses. Yes, they are just delightful and everyone wants a pair, but you have to have some serious $$ for Ray-Bans.

Very straight forward way of showing off how rich you are.
That girl must be really rich... she has 4 pairs of Ray-Bans

Whenever I go to The Hamptons, everyone is walking around with Ray-Bans, even when it's cloudy out
Ray-Bans by westchester1 June 27, 2009

banskipped 

the act of banning an individual due to their retardedness and level of stupidity
dude, you spilt the bong, your fuckin banskipped nigga
banskipped by man-wall March 6, 2014

Bansuri Funk

A style of music characterized by the crossover of the traditional Indian Bamboo flute, the Bansuri with the Western Popular Music Sensibilities of Funk and other (optional) genres of Smooth Jazz, Soul, Pop and Rock.
"The Bansuri Funk style really brings this ethnic instrument into the mainstream space!"
Bansuri Funk by Narked November 7, 2014

like a banshee

Something done in a continually wild, loud, out of control manner, especially if it seems surprising given the person, activity, manner, etc.
She may look innocent, but she screws like a Banshee!
like a banshee by Ooooooya August 4, 2007