by /-\ /|/|)ReW August 3, 2005
Get the Apple Valley mug.Silicon Valley syndrome (noun): Silicon Valley syndrome, or SVS, is a collection of personality traits and physical characteristics specific to individuals residing around the San Francisco Bay Area. The effects of SVS are often confused for autism or Helen Keller.
*Do you tend to over-analyze everything in your life to such an extent that you've chosen to become a life-long academic in order to justify your obsessive behavior? This might include instances of spending hours at the grocery store while agonizing over the metaphysical benefits of chunky peanut butter or two-ply toilet paper.
*Are you overly sensitive to caffeine substances like coffee, Redbull or chocolate-dipped pretzels? Is your knee still bouncing?
*Do you make over $75,000 a year yet still find yourself wearing Vans/New Balance shoes and graphic t-shirts at work and during your free-time?
*Do you shun traditional social gatherings that require that you interact with non-intellectual scum (read: non-academics that have 9-5's and/or lowly humanity degrees) and that requires that you shave/brush your teeth/switch out one Stanford sweatshirt for another?
*Do you have multiple food/pet/medication allergies that require you to keep an EpiPen in the glovebox of your leased Accord?
*Do you tend to over-analyze everything in your life to such an extent that you've chosen to become a life-long academic in order to justify your obsessive behavior? This might include instances of spending hours at the grocery store while agonizing over the metaphysical benefits of chunky peanut butter or two-ply toilet paper.
*Are you overly sensitive to caffeine substances like coffee, Redbull or chocolate-dipped pretzels? Is your knee still bouncing?
*Do you make over $75,000 a year yet still find yourself wearing Vans/New Balance shoes and graphic t-shirts at work and during your free-time?
*Do you shun traditional social gatherings that require that you interact with non-intellectual scum (read: non-academics that have 9-5's and/or lowly humanity degrees) and that requires that you shave/brush your teeth/switch out one Stanford sweatshirt for another?
*Do you have multiple food/pet/medication allergies that require you to keep an EpiPen in the glovebox of your leased Accord?
(Ctd. from definition)
*Do you have autism or Asperger's or an engineering-related degree?
*Do you leave social interactions wondering if that raised eyebrow/bored sigh/bout of narcolepsy was because of something you said over the course of your two-hour discussion on phenotyping?
*Do you currently hold or have you ever held a record that somehow relates to the Rubik's Cube, minesweeper, chess or Mathlete's?
If you answered "yes" to most of the above, YOU could have SVS. Unfortunately, this is a chronic condition that often goes untreated in most; often thriving in hi-tech companies and Toast Master gatherings.
Example:
Non-SVS friend: This party is SO awkward! Everyone is totally wasted...but they're all talking about stem cell imaging or their boring day-trips to Napa. I haven't looked anyone in the eye for like, two hours!
More experienced non-SVS friend: Sigh. I know. Everyone here has Silicon Valley syndrome like WHOA.
*Do you have autism or Asperger's or an engineering-related degree?
*Do you leave social interactions wondering if that raised eyebrow/bored sigh/bout of narcolepsy was because of something you said over the course of your two-hour discussion on phenotyping?
*Do you currently hold or have you ever held a record that somehow relates to the Rubik's Cube, minesweeper, chess or Mathlete's?
If you answered "yes" to most of the above, YOU could have SVS. Unfortunately, this is a chronic condition that often goes untreated in most; often thriving in hi-tech companies and Toast Master gatherings.
Example:
Non-SVS friend: This party is SO awkward! Everyone is totally wasted...but they're all talking about stem cell imaging or their boring day-trips to Napa. I haven't looked anyone in the eye for like, two hours!
More experienced non-SVS friend: Sigh. I know. Everyone here has Silicon Valley syndrome like WHOA.
by FluentInSVS February 20, 2010
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The most drug infested shit hole ever. How it is in the top 100 high schools in NJ is a mystery to us all. The computers suck and the administration is retarded and incompetent. The girls are attention whores and the guys are ego maniacs who try to make others look bad. The sports teams that suck like football take school funds away from the teams that bring championships like track, tennis, and swimming. NVD has to get its priorities straight. Overall, the student population is awful and rude.
The drugs at Northern Valley High School at Demarest are out of control.
The girls forget what clothes are.
The guys forget to shut up.
The girls forget what clothes are.
The guys forget to shut up.
by nvdblows March 27, 2011
Get the Northern Valley High School at Demarest mug.A school in Allendale, MI, where the guys will brag about the male to female ratio too make themselves feel better about going to such a lame ass school located, literally, in the middle of butt fucking nowhere. Though the ratio indeed seems great, one would rather leave the party too have sex with the nearby corn stalks than to listen to the stuck up, crotch sniffing, dumb ass bitches that go there.
Grand Valley State University
MSU visitor: "Why are you going outside?"
GVSU student: "Too have sex with a cornstalk."
MSU visitor: "Why would you do that ... ?"
GVSU student: "Once you understand that corn stalks don't bitch like all the girls back at the party, there great !"
MSU visitor: "Why are you going outside?"
GVSU student: "Too have sex with a cornstalk."
MSU visitor: "Why would you do that ... ?"
GVSU student: "Once you understand that corn stalks don't bitch like all the girls back at the party, there great !"
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Get the Castro valley high school mug.Portola Valley is a beautiful little town nestled in the hills of the Bay Area. Unlike the first definition, people living in Portola Valley are, in fact, rather well-off. Needless to say, that doesn't mean they're all stuck-up rich kids--like any affluent area, there are some people like this, but there is also a large population of down-to-earth people who just happen to have a little bit of money. Also unlike the first definition, it is not "smelly" or "dirty," but quaint and rather pretty... anyone who's actually been to Portola Valley would know this. Being in Portola Valley is like taking a walk in the country, and although you may feel rather isolated while in the town, large urban areas including San Francisco and the Palo Alto area are just minutes down the road. A great place to grow up... :)
-Portola Valley's just tryna to imitate Atherton.
-Actually, Portola Valley is it's own town not trying to imitate anybody. Houses may not average at $20 million, but I'd say an average of $5 million still indicates a rather wealthy area.
-Actually, Portola Valley is it's own town not trying to imitate anybody. Houses may not average at $20 million, but I'd say an average of $5 million still indicates a rather wealthy area.
by PV2012 July 22, 2011
Get the Portola Valley mug.A suburban area of Southern California in eastern Ventura County, CA and extreme western Los Angeles County, CA approximately 35 miles from downtown Los Angeles and 25 miles from Ventura city. It is situated in an inland valley separated from the Pacific Coast and Malibu by the scenic Santa Monica mountains. Encompassing the municipalities of Thousand Oaks and Westlake Village, it also contains the areas of Newbury Park, Ventu Park, Lake Sherwood, North Ranch, and several other smaller neighborhoods. Occasionally, the city of Agoura Hills (and rarely, the western part of Calabasas) is included in consideration of the Conejo Valley. The elevation is mostly 500 to 900 feet above sea level; the coastal plain (beyond the Conejo Pass) lies to the west and the San Fernando Valley (via the Calabasas Grade) extends to the east. The region enjoys a mild, year-round Mediterranean climate, with warm, sunny, dry summers and cool, rainy winters. Vegetation is thus typical of Mediterranean environments, with chaparral on the hillsides and numerous western valley oaks giving the region's largest city its name.
The social environment of the Conejo Valley is comfortable and relatively safe. It is a very wealthy area, with the average real estate value of close to $1 million. Average household income is six-figure, and expensive cars and SUVs are constantly seen on the freeways, streets, and parking lots around the region. Cost of living is high, with taxes, rents, and merchandise reflecting the area market. The region's largely White population contributes to its sameness and lack of cultural diversity and heterogeneity. Stars of the Hollywood entertainment industry often own homes in the Conejo Valley, notably in North Ranch and Lake Sherwood. The local entertainment options are extremely limited, with pricey shows at the Civic Arts Plaza not offering much to the otherwise sterile, bedroom-community scene. The area shuts down around 9 or 10 p.m., and residents are forced to travel to the San Fernando Valley or Los Angeles for much of their late-night amusement. There is no rail line through the region, making it utterly dependent on automoblies, thousands of which are daily seen clogging the US 101 and CA 23 freeways serving the area. Due to its upper-middle-class foundation and presence of disproportionately large numbers of police, violent crime is low. The City of Thousand Oaks is always ranked among the nation's safest cities of at least 100,000 population. The Conejo Valley schools are excellent, making the region extremely desirable for family living. Also popular with wealthy retirees, the area affords a safe, pleasant environment. In short, it is a nice place to live, but other places are more interesting to visit.
The social environment of the Conejo Valley is comfortable and relatively safe. It is a very wealthy area, with the average real estate value of close to $1 million. Average household income is six-figure, and expensive cars and SUVs are constantly seen on the freeways, streets, and parking lots around the region. Cost of living is high, with taxes, rents, and merchandise reflecting the area market. The region's largely White population contributes to its sameness and lack of cultural diversity and heterogeneity. Stars of the Hollywood entertainment industry often own homes in the Conejo Valley, notably in North Ranch and Lake Sherwood. The local entertainment options are extremely limited, with pricey shows at the Civic Arts Plaza not offering much to the otherwise sterile, bedroom-community scene. The area shuts down around 9 or 10 p.m., and residents are forced to travel to the San Fernando Valley or Los Angeles for much of their late-night amusement. There is no rail line through the region, making it utterly dependent on automoblies, thousands of which are daily seen clogging the US 101 and CA 23 freeways serving the area. Due to its upper-middle-class foundation and presence of disproportionately large numbers of police, violent crime is low. The City of Thousand Oaks is always ranked among the nation's safest cities of at least 100,000 population. The Conejo Valley schools are excellent, making the region extremely desirable for family living. Also popular with wealthy retirees, the area affords a safe, pleasant environment. In short, it is a nice place to live, but other places are more interesting to visit.
A long-time Conejo Valley resident, he used to work in Newbury Park and still lives in the Westlake section of Thousand Oaks.
by MEDical Man October 18, 2006
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