pauperish

(adj)- like a pauper: poor, dirty, scum, white trash.

Usually used when describing people in workhouses in 19th century Europe.

We were trying to make our poster board look pauperish, so we threw some dirt on it.

by onlyevier February 3, 2008

pregnant pause

The silence that occurs after someone has said or done something that leaves everyone who bore witness to the event speechless.

The first cousin of awkward silence.

A pregnant pause often occurs when something that requires a sarcastic response happens, but no one quite knows what to day or do.

In the middle of a group of people having a conversation, Michael picks his nose and then eats it. All conversation ceases.

(pregnant pause)

by jcsavestheday October 16, 2008

pause rep

When you're balls deep and need to pause because you're about to blow it.

Tim does a pause rep then switches holes so he can last all night

by Richard Hangslow September 22, 2018

Passerine

An SBI fan fiction that will break your heart. Available on ao3 (and wattpad I suppose), it is essentially an analysis of grief, the way it affects people and how it is overcome, or more accurately, embraced.

At 76 000 words you can finish it in less than 5 hours, if not less than 3, but you will feel echoes of pain through your entire being for up to 70 years after reading. Upon rereading, the foreshadowing can and will tear your soul to pieces.

Also could be a song by The Oh Hellos, a Christian music group whose song the fanfic takes the name and chapter names from. True kids raised in church/cults will recognise the obvious references to the bible, (pushing the spear into your side again and again), but without context it's just a nice song about belonging and guilt and grief.

Person 1: "There was a terrible, terrible silence—the kind of silence that always came before something devastating. The calm before the storm. Tommy had always hated silences. It gave his mind too many spaces to fill with darkness. So he brought light, instead. Noise and laughter and jokes and jibes, anything to keep the quiet at bay."

Person 2: "STOP JUST SENDING PASSERINE QUOTES IN THE GROUP CHAT YOU'LL MAKE ME CRY"

Person 1: "LMAOOO"

by raccoon_rori October 17, 2022

Live Pause

A Term which was born through an NZ ad used when an attractive female passes by and has to stop to do something (i.e re adjust)

Guy one: "Check her"
Guy Two: "I bloody love live pause"

by WHayze January 29, 2009

Four-way pause

The awkward moment when four cars approach a four-way stop intersection at the same time, but no one can remember who should go first. Everyone pauses until someone with natural leadership qualities raises his/her right hand to motion for someone to go.

A four-way pause is when four cars approach a four-way stop intersection. No one moves until one of the people raises his/her hand to motion for someone to move.

by gmcqueen November 8, 2010

infopause n. (information + pause)

infopause n. (information + pause)

staying away from computers, newspapers and other sources of information in order to recover from informational stress.

The infopause may take from several minutes to several months, depending on the gravity of the initial affliction.

Every business should introduce at least two five-minute infopauses during the working day. All computers and all lights are off. This will refresh employees' ability to process new information.

by Mikhail Epstein November 15, 2003