temporal narcissism

The self-centeredness or vanity of an individual expressing itself through dysphoria caused by the inability to pause, rewind, or fast-forward stimuli or events occurring around him or her in the same way he or she can pause a TiVo or other media device.
(as described on CNet podcast 591)

-Temporal narcissism is often seen when people regrettably remember that they can't rewind the movie they're watching at the movie theater when they couldn't make out what was said.

-Example of temporal narcissism: Driving home from work today, I got really indignant after remembering I couldn't pause the radio while I ordered dinner at the drive-through window.

by cdova November 14, 2007

temporary suicide

Taking a sleeping pill
as a solution to not deal with realty or boredom.

I had no plans for valentines day so I committed temporary suicide early last night.

I'm so excited about my plans tomorrow I'm going to committ temporary suicide and get some extra sleep.

by Marc and Jimmy November 17, 2007

temporary crush

When you like someone, but then you realize that there is no way they'll ever like you back... so to get over them you: pick a person (your temporary crush) that you are mildly attracted to as your new crush, and every time you think of that other person, think of your new crush instead just until you get over him...

"Hey, don't you like that guy?"
"Yeah, but it'll never work so I'm using a temporary crush, that guy over there."
"Nice..."

by SoStupidI'mDangerous September 29, 2011

Lloyd Webber's Law Of Temporal Positioning

A Law of the Theatre

This law states that "people who arrive earliest are always those with seats on the end of a row.  People who arrive latest are always those with seats in the middle."

A related law is Mackintosh's Corollary

When you arrive late, and you're sat bang in the middle of a block of seats.

by Sairin January 6, 2005

temporary fix

Being used to fill a hole until someone else comes along to replace you. See rebound

Ex 1: "Who's this? Where's Maria?"
"Maria left me. This is my Temporary fix, Mandy."
Ex 2: I'm always the temporary fix, and never actally loved."

by Flowercrown March 4, 2016

Temporary Distraction Measure

A Temporary Distraction Measure or TDM for short is the basis of modern politics and business. Anytime a politician forms a committee to 'look into' something it is nothing but a ruse intended to temporarily distract the voting public long enough for them to forget all about it.
Anything (Committee, poll, vote, investigation, senate hearing, etc) that can be used to successfully distract people from issues that they were formally concerned about long enough for them to forget completely about it.

Anything that makes you (the voter) think we (politicians) are doing something about it when we're really not.

E.X. Senate Democrats hold hearings to investigate windfall profits generated by the obscene price of oil.

Two weeks later, the American public will have forgotten all about it and will rest content that the government is doing it's job. Hence, it was a successful Temporary Distraction Measure.

E.X. During the Senate hearing over whether to clarify net neutrality, the Senators rambled on for a few weeks until another celebrity got knocked up and everybody that was wanting it codified, forgot all about it.
Temporary Distraction Measure

by Crashingtests July 4, 2008

temporary pull-up

The act of loosely raising one’s pants, capris, or shorts, along with any undergarments, in order to switch stalls in an empty public restroom due to the absence of toilet paper in the original stall. Persons performing the temporary pull-up must do so in such a way as to minimize drippage or the transfer of poo particles onto his or her clothing.

Jill’s search for a clean toilet seat landed her in a stall with no toilet paper, so she had to do the temporary pull-up in order to find a stall with toilet paper.

by Miss ET August 9, 2008