A state of mind that Roman Catholics believe you go to if you have sinned on earth but you believe in Jesus. You stay in purgatory untill you have paid off all your sins, however some people stay there forever.
If I used to ask myself over a coffin: "What good did it do the occupant to be born?" I now put the same question about anyone alive
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by alice January 19, 2005
Get the purgatory mug.When 2 people are obviously into each other and behave like a couple, but don't actually go out...yet. This may be due to one or both of the people being uncomfortable with being in a committed relationship.
Are Josh and Carley dating yet? I mean they might as well at this point, they're just floating around in relationship purgatory. They would just be doing the same stuff anyway.
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A place between heaven and hell where the great musicians of a given time period go when they die, where they are sentenced to an eternity of playing the slide whistle in grimey underground clubs.
-Dude, I wonder if Kurt Cobain is in Slide Whistle Purgatory
-Dude I was at this underground club and I could've sworn Kurt Cobain was there in slide whistle purgatory
-Dude I was at this underground club and I could've sworn Kurt Cobain was there in slide whistle purgatory
by word=word April 2, 2010
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Basically the most annoying Catholic School around full of annoying preps yet surprisingly cool teachers.
Basically the most annoying Catholic School around full of annoying preps yet surprisingly cool teachers.
Person1: You got St.Edmund Prepatory High School?
Person2: Ya man. So happy I'm graduatin' this year.
Person2: Ya man. So happy I'm graduatin' this year.
by LovesTheJoeBros June 19, 2008
Get the St.Edmund Prepatory High School mug.The act of behaving like a gentleman with the ulterior motive of getting a good eyeful of a hot girl.
Examples would include letting a girl go ahead of you up an escalator so that you can stare at her ass on the way up, or letting her have your seat on the bus so that you can stand next to her and stare down her top.
Pervalry is a portmanteau of the words "pervert" and "chivalry".
Examples would include letting a girl go ahead of you up an escalator so that you can stare at her ass on the way up, or letting her have your seat on the bus so that you can stand next to her and stare down her top.
Pervalry is a portmanteau of the words "pervert" and "chivalry".
by George McBob April 23, 2009
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by tammykitt November 7, 2011
Get the poop purgatory mug.The state during a long drive where there are absolutely no radio stations available. Always happens at the worst possible time.
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