That sudden feeling of 'ick' when you take a sip of tea but you thought it was going to be Coke. It's not that you dislike tea you just thought it would be Coke.
Bill: How was your date?
Bixby: I thought only blondes were that ditzy.
Bill: Fight Dissonance, man! It messes with all of us.
Bixby: I thought only blondes were that ditzy.
Bill: Fight Dissonance, man! It messes with all of us.
by MonaBSU September 29, 2009
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You do a boring job, but is paid $30/hour, so you say that is a nice and interesting job....'well, it is not cognitive dissonance, I think is a great new job!!'
You are deciding about two movies, your girlfriend wants to see the most boring one so after the cinema, you think it was a good movie and cool after all.
You are deciding about two movies, your girlfriend wants to see the most boring one so after the cinema, you think it was a good movie and cool after all.
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Knowing you made the wrong choice but are too stubborn to correct yourself and therefore deny it by saying everyone else made the wrong choice.
PS3 fanboy: PS3 KICKS 360'S ASS ANYDAY.
Xbox fanboy: Uhhh...Okay. Cognitive dissonance. I'll just go back to playing Halo 3.
Xbox fanboy: Uhhh...Okay. Cognitive dissonance. I'll just go back to playing Halo 3.
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Caveat emptor!The rapid and uncontrolled mushrooming of social media has created an atmosphere of cognitive dissonance.
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2. A place where people of the "I love Rupie", "Dan is soooooo fit" variety are tortured by any method involving a pepperoni.
3. The only place on the internet where Severus will put on a floor show for your birthday.
4. A place where Toblerone's flow a-plenty.
Guest: Dan is soooo fit and he's a really good actor, I think I will marry him one day...
Member: See this pepperoni....?
Member: See this pepperoni....?
by NettyMoss January 14, 2005
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2) A place inhabited by insane, but charming, people.
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by Phil January 27, 2005
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