depalma

to be exceptionally late

I should've been reading this story months ago; you pulled a serious depalma!

by Mike September 14, 2003

Social Decay

The state of a city and it's culture when it's population is too great and the subsequent infrastructural/behavioral problems that are associated with excess become obvious. Social decay occurs and can be seen on both the physical level of everyday life in a city (abandoned buildings, vacant collapsing houses, streets in poor condition, etc) and on the emotional state of it's inhabitants (narcissism, social anxiety, paranoia, etc). Typically people are generalized into a vast and generic group called "strangers" and these strangers are often ignored completely (by other strangers) in order to keep the city running efficiently and problems associated with poor behavior suppressed. The only time strangers interact with each other is when one stranger offers another stranger a service or something that the other stranger needs or wants.

Examples of Social Decay:

Stranger A: Would you like a bag for your food?
Stranger B: Yes

Stranger A: Would you like to help out the homeless today?
Stranger B: No

Stranger A: Hey baby, can I buy you a drink?
Stranger B: Sure

Stranger A: Can I sit here?
Stranger B: I don't know man, it's too hard to tell!

Other Examples:

People that are afraid to leave their apartment because of fear of strangers.

People that feel they are eroding but only as an expression of what they see around them.

The overall and overwhelming sensation that everything is collapsing and must be destroyed to start anew.

A car on fire.

Police shooting protestors.

Gang violence.

by Tamed Animals January 9, 2012

Tom delay

One of the biggest fuckers on the planet. Panders to the right and does not compromise with the left.

Hopefully, Tom Delay will be forced to resign.

by Alex April 30, 2005

depakote

A seizure medication that is also used to treat bipolar disorder. It's hell on your liver, which you must get checked regularly via blood test and common side effects include having no energy/sleeping too much, hair loss and weight gain.

"I might look like shit, but I never felt better, all thanks to depakote."

by SumLette February 18, 2010

Death-Count Delay

In any given pandemic with exponential spread, the period of time that exists between reported cases and the onset of increased mortality.

Like I said, the increased case counts are just because of all the great testing we're doing; there has been no increase in death reported and soon there will be zero cases. We've got this TOTALLY under control.
Ummm, Sir...seems like we should wait 2-3 weeks for the Death-Count Delay before taking that victory lap.

by YAWA July 19, 2020

Chapter Delay

Occurs while taking a shit, when by all necessary definitions you have completed your task, but want remain on the bowl to finish the current chapter of the book/newspaper/novel you are reading. Usually last between 2-5 minutes.

Most common in suspense novels and other mysteries.

Roommate 1- "You almost ready dude, we're gunna be late. First pitch is in 20 minutes."
Roommate 2- "Yeah man hold on, quick pre-game dump."

*10 minutes later*

Roommate 2- "Alright let's go"
Roommate 1- "WTF man, you said quick."
Roommate 2- "Didn't account for the chapter delay. That Dan Brown is amazing."

by Derik September 26, 2005

Network Decay

The condition which occurs at a cable network when idiotic executives decide to change its direction. This is usually done as a money-grabbing attempt when ratings are lower than expected.

"Remember when TLC used to have shows that taught you something? Yeah, it didn't suck then. Network Decay is bullshit."

by InGr8EDiot August 12, 2012