A fictional couple from the hit televison drama, ‘Private Practice’. Fans took Addison and Sam’s names and created the title: Addisam to show homage to their favorite couple and to have a sense of unity. They represent the couple who has it the hardest, united under very difficult circumstances, have different wants and goals in life when it comes to having a family, yet through it all the one thing that remains strong and never changing is their love for each other. The coupling is one of the few in Shondaland who didn’t fall in love after sex. They were bestfriends who fell in love because they were always there for each when they needed it. Sam knows how to be gentle with Addison when needed and also how to be tough and let her know someone can be strong for her. Addison knows how to let Sam feel like a man, as well as check him and be a strong intelligent woman at the same time. They are each other’s “Anyway friends” because through all the BS, fights, trials and heartache they survive together and love each other anyway.
Fans love them for their fight, their journey and the unconditional love they share. Televisions first leading interracial couple, with a black man and a white woman challenging all the odds of today problems, diversity and acceptance. This couple isn’t perfect, but when it comes to the most realistic, they are as close as it gets.
“We are always good together, when it’s just us, we’re great together…” – Sam
“For the first time in a very long time, call me crazy, but I can honestly say I am… Happy!” – Addison
Sidenote: Addisam is the only ship name ever to be mentioned on a Shonda Rhimes show.
addisnitchs is a fanpage with 7k followers and about 47.7k likes. They came across tiktok with a popular video in 2021. The video description was about “That one Fanpage that makes you blind”. The video posted by addisnitchs got 31.0k likes and 1000 comments with 100k views. The video is still up to this day.
A girl who lacks common sense but is overall kinda smart. She always has to deal with her name being spelled wrong. She is not easily annoyed but there is always someone who gets on her nerves.
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”
Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing peecalculus.