A person whose roots are Appalachian, but who has gone on to become educated while still appreciating his or her mountain roots. Coined by Jane Hicks in the poem "How We Became Cosmic Possums" and referred to in Sharyn McCrumbs's novel, "The Songcatcher".
by GiggyGennelle July 25, 2010
Get the cosmic possum mug.Sex with your ex; often shameful, and rarely a good idea. The imbibing of too much alcohol and the existence of too much loneliness are contributing factors to this condition.
(aka the postmarital pickle tickle)
(aka the postmarital pickle tickle)
Did I just see your ex-wife driving away from your house?
Yeah, we were engaging in a little postmarital sex.
Yeah, we were engaging in a little postmarital sex.
by SirHangDangly March 1, 2011
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by Ffej April 5, 2004
Get the dodging possum mug.Postmortem Depression (PMD) is a form of clinical depression which often affects people, less frequently deer, after becoming what medical experts around the world refer to as "dead."
Symptoms include sadness, fatigue, changes in sleeping and eating patterns, reduced libido, crying episodes, excessive rotting, anxiety, colonic-maggot infestation, and irritability.
Physicians around the world report increasing rates PMD over the last few decades. In a recent medical double-blind study, results showed that 98% people will die at some point in their life. Out of those, 40% will be diagnosed with PMD, an increase over 27% in 2000, 14% in 1990, and -3% in 2 billion BC.
It is sometimes assumed that PMD is caused by a lack of nutrition (a result of one's digestive system being decomposed) but studies tend to show that more likely causes are the significant changes in a person's (or deer's) hormones during death. On the other hand, hormonal treatment has not helped postmortem depression victims; scientists are still baffled by these findings.
A debunker of the "Hormonal Imbalance Theory," Dr. Isaac Goldbergshtein, of the National Postmortem Depression Research Institute for the Advancement of the Medical Understanding of the Human Mind (more commonly referred to as NPDRIftAotMUotHM), says, "The findings are clear. Injecting a victim of PMD with hormonal injections only results in them being just as dead, if not deadER than they were before. It's just common sense."
Symptoms include sadness, fatigue, changes in sleeping and eating patterns, reduced libido, crying episodes, excessive rotting, anxiety, colonic-maggot infestation, and irritability.
Physicians around the world report increasing rates PMD over the last few decades. In a recent medical double-blind study, results showed that 98% people will die at some point in their life. Out of those, 40% will be diagnosed with PMD, an increase over 27% in 2000, 14% in 1990, and -3% in 2 billion BC.
It is sometimes assumed that PMD is caused by a lack of nutrition (a result of one's digestive system being decomposed) but studies tend to show that more likely causes are the significant changes in a person's (or deer's) hormones during death. On the other hand, hormonal treatment has not helped postmortem depression victims; scientists are still baffled by these findings.
A debunker of the "Hormonal Imbalance Theory," Dr. Isaac Goldbergshtein, of the National Postmortem Depression Research Institute for the Advancement of the Medical Understanding of the Human Mind (more commonly referred to as NPDRIftAotMUotHM), says, "The findings are clear. Injecting a victim of PMD with hormonal injections only results in them being just as dead, if not deadER than they were before. It's just common sense."
Guy 1: "Dude, have you seen Tyrone? For the last 2 weeks since he died after being accidentally shot by a cop 11 times in the face, he just SITS there on the couch, rotting. He doesn't eat, he doesn't sleep, he doesn't go out partying, he hasn't even gone to work in 3 days! We should really talk to him..."
Guy 2: "Yeah, he's really suffering from a severe case of Postmortem Depression."
Guy 2: "Yeah, he's really suffering from a severe case of Postmortem Depression."
by Razgriz117 July 22, 2010
Get the Postmortem Depression mug.1. The collective of people from the backwoods, swamp regions, country, or otherwise rural areas that possess possum-like attributes, i.e. long frame, thin face, close eyes, and long nose.
2. Those that might possess the physical attributes of an inbred population.
3. Those that rarely enter heavily populated areas, only purchases beer and ammunition, and quickly retreats to their native area.
2. Those that might possess the physical attributes of an inbred population.
3. Those that rarely enter heavily populated areas, only purchases beer and ammunition, and quickly retreats to their native area.
1. "Squirrel season must be about to start. All the possum people are in town."
2. "They're married, but they look like siblings. They must be possum people."
2. "They're married, but they look like siblings. They must be possum people."
by Little Pequaywan December 8, 2015
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Get the poosum mug.A phrase that can be used two different ways. You can use it to tell some to be laid back about something. Or it can be a way of saying hunker down and get it done.
Mom: You're not supposed to be playing video games on school nights.
son: come on mom just possum up.
Example 2.
guy 1: I have a lot of work to do tonight.
guy 2: I guess you'll just have to possum up and get it done.
son: come on mom just possum up.
Example 2.
guy 1: I have a lot of work to do tonight.
guy 2: I guess you'll just have to possum up and get it done.
by Buck Jay April 17, 2020
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