Industry Parallelite

A person who socializes with models, actors, pornstars etc in order to feed off of them for publicity, usually negative, and post it on blogging and social websites and forums to place themselves in a light only parallel to the entertainment industry. This is different than a publicist, who usually actually gets paid

A good example is me. I decided to make this term up because im an adult film star and one time I had a less than stellar public appearance in LA and this guy who serves no purpose other than poison, drew up a horrible, critiquing blog about me, as he has done to other stars that he knows, to get himself attention. Then as fans would back me up with comments, he screens out the positive attention to leave it negative. An Industry Parallelite sometimes can exist in the form of positive applications of blogging and celebrity gossip, but this is less common as negative attention arouses the media more.

by Dempsey Stearns August 7, 2008

49th parallel

Slang reference for the border between the United States and Canada. The 49th parallel of latitude does make up the western third of the U.S. - Canada border (the border dips south through the Great Lakes region), but the term refers to the entire border, referring to both the geographic and cultural divide between the two countries. Although scrutiny is understandably higher since 9/11, the border is still probably the most open international border in the world.

The 49th parallel is the longest undefended border in the world.

by Eugene206 December 8, 2006

paralytic

Derived from 'paralysed' or 'paralysis' is commonly used in slang to describe a state achieved after drinking too much.
Note: This word is often wrongly written and pronounced as paraletic

What did you do at the weekend?
I went out with the lads and got absolutely paralytic playing drinking games.
Never again!

by ant July 5, 2004

papula

A person who is beautiful, but they never believe it themselves. They are caring and always there for their friends, and always trying to solve everyone else's problems. They can be lazy, but love being involved. They are often depressed when teased, left alone or if they feel used/ignored by the people they love, or if they are left alone. They tend to be energetic and love being outside, and are very intelligent. They love to read, draw, or anything creative. When they are put in a situation where they meet new people or are doing something new they can be shy and quiet, but when they know someone they are loud and energetic around them. They are musically inclined. They get hurt easily and need lots of attention from their love. They love being around animals and have a special touch with them. They are trustworthy and person you can turn to for advice or just for an ear. they can be violent and they don't forget anything that happens, but have a hard time holding grudges. They tend to be really ignorant of their own feelings and don't like to talk about them, but love to tell stories about their past adventures. They're always smiling, if quiet then something is wrong. They often will mess with their hair color and style, love messing with colors of outfits and shopping.they love learning new things, especially different languages, but they aren't great spellers, and can’t lie to most people. This name also means butterfly in the language, Kurdish.

Guy1- who is she? She seems really creative and exciting...
Guy2- she must be a Papula, gorgeous and always smiling...

by Papula May 3, 2018

Parallel

Two separate scenarios with the same line, act, meaning, etc. Often seen in tv shows like Andi Mack.

Andi Mack stan: did you know that Buffy carries Cyrus once every season in Andi Mack?
Broski 1: no way! Dang, the writers sure do love writing parallels in this show

by bigyeeterz July 27, 2019

true parallels

When 2 guys are standing shoulder to shoulder peeing

I just walked in the bathroom and seen some true parallels going on.

by Kennif August 30, 2015

straight as parallel

A person who hasn't had even the faintest fantasy of going gay or bi much less actually take that step. A proper straight person.

gay guy (1) : my new neighbour is hawt af. You should see his eyes and his abs.
gay guy (2) : shame really cuz I heard that he is straight as parallel.
gay guy (1) : bummer :(

by skinnySinner January 13, 2015