star spangled banner

Quite simply, it's the national anthem of the United States of America. It was written by Francis Scott Key during the bombardment of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812. The melody was taken from a British pub song and new lyrics were added. The song is EXTREMELY difficult to sing, and even though many famous people have sung it at sporting events, VERY few have ever got it right.

I was watching the 2004 Summer Olympics on TV. They were being broadcast (taped) from Greece. The U.S. womens soccer team had won the Gold medal in the game finals. When they received their medals in a ceremony most of them joined in a vocal rendition of the star spangled banner . It was the most wretched, lousy and downright godawful version of that anthem I ever heard in my life, and I've heard plenty of horrible renditions. This was the famous 15 minutes for the ladies, since the networks, the press (and the general public pretty much too) don't really give a rat's ass about womens sports, let alone soccer as much as they do about football, baseball and basketball - especially as played by men. A moment of national pride for the U.S.A., forgotten in a flash. And so it goes.

by I Saw U2 Live Twice October 24, 2007

Bannertastic

To be as awesome as one possibly can be. The most awesome things in the world are said to be bannertastic.

Guy 1: Have you seen that new movie?
Guy 2: Yeah dude, it was totally bannertastic. Best movie I've ever seen.

by The_Man_of_Soul May 11, 2011

banner ads

An ingenious method of effective, targeted, advertising, seen on many proffessional or "major" websites. Much more effective than Pop-ups or Pop-unders.

Guy1:Man, I can't afford these server bills.
Guy2:How about adding a banner ad from a reputable site? They will pay you some money to ease those bills.
Guy1:Well, I read urbandictionary.com, and after reading karri0n's definition, I suppose they really aren't so evil after all. Good idea, thanks.

by karri0n October 17, 2003

The Banner

Kickass hardcore/horror punk band from Jersey with some shit-faced bastard as the singer(and only original member), and a whole bunch of shitty scenesters at their shows. Still a good band, though. Too many breakdowns, though.

Yo, I just kicked some sceneter's ass while he was doing his fuckin' karate kicks during a breakdown at The Banner show.

by Devilock October 19, 2008

banner

a person that will do anything for attention; a flashy or flamboyount person; someone drawing attention to themselves; (like a flashy advertising banner online)

-Dude, your girlfriends' a total banner.
-Why's that banner doing naked cartwheels?
-You can see her nice ass in her miniskirt, man I love banners.
-Check out that guy shouting in his cellphone, what a banner.
-That blond chick was such a banner in high school.

by imurfriend January 18, 2008

bruce banner

A drink also known as the incredible hulk.

One part hypnotiq
One part Hennessy

First used by rapper messy marv from san francisco.

what it do! I'm `bout to get hyphy off this bruce banner ya' feel me?

by aempirei December 20, 2004

banner ads

Normally small, long animated pictures used on websites by advertisers to catch the attention of surfers to bring in traffic(hits, visits) to their website.

That banner ad was about gay male porn.

by matt July 9, 2003