a possum will often act dead when faced with a situation it doesn't want to deal with.
Playing possum, when someone comes to your house that you don't want to talk to, so you act like your not home.
Playing possum, when someone comes to your house that you don't want to talk to, so you act like your not home.
Joe "Hey greg said he dropped over your place earlier, weren't you home?"
Darren "I was home, just didn't want to talk to him so I was playing possum!"
Darren "I was home, just didn't want to talk to him so I was playing possum!"
by levin_rc July 18, 2009
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The number was determined on a given day, by taking the second and third digits from the total amount of money in bank clearances from a predetermined bank, and the third digit in the Federal Reserve Bank's credit balance. On a day when the bank clearings were $589 million and the Fed's credit balance $116 million, the "89" from the first amount was combined with the "6" of the second to establish the day's winning number, 896.
The number was determined on a given day, by taking the second and third digits from the total amount of money in bank clearances from a predetermined bank, and the third digit in the Federal Reserve Bank's credit balance. On a day when the bank clearings were $589 million and the Fed's credit balance $116 million, the "89" from the first amount was combined with the "6" of the second to establish the day's winning number, 896.
Say, man You going to be playing the numbers today? Give me a nickel on 821. Make sure you combinate me.
by The Amalamps October 17, 2010
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expression used to emphatically denounce your presence at a social excursion, as if your leaving said event is an obvious given or statement of fact
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by BioMechMoose June 11, 2005
Get the playing video games mug.The act of telling a girl over the internet (usually on a social networking site) that she's beautiful and you really like her, when in truth you're just shooting at a chance to get some ass. Mostly performed by men who are bored and could really go for some snatch.
Taylor - "Hey man, what are you doing tonight?"
Robbie - "I don't have much planned... I just got friend requests from a few good looking scene bitches, so it looks like I'm going to be playing pussy for the next few hours."
Taylor - "Sounds good man, I may do the same."
Robbie - "I don't have much planned... I just got friend requests from a few good looking scene bitches, so it looks like I'm going to be playing pussy for the next few hours."
Taylor - "Sounds good man, I may do the same."
by Evan Giantwood September 17, 2011
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by the wise potato September 12, 2017
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Unlike clinical MPD/DID, these personalities are most often take from pop culture: rock stars, anime characters, and movie heroes. Less frequently seen are non-human "personalities" like vampires, dragons, and elves.
Those suffering from RPD will call it "pluralism" or refer to themselves as a "multiple system" - while staunchly insisting they are perfectly sane and rejecting all claims that their condition was invented solely due to desperate need to escape the monotony of their useless lives.
Unlike clinical MPD/DID, these personalities are most often take from pop culture: rock stars, anime characters, and movie heroes. Less frequently seen are non-human "personalities" like vampires, dragons, and elves.
Those suffering from RPD will call it "pluralism" or refer to themselves as a "multiple system" - while staunchly insisting they are perfectly sane and rejecting all claims that their condition was invented solely due to desperate need to escape the monotony of their useless lives.
by isthisreallife May 23, 2011
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