Urban Dictionary: FINO

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Jerry C. Bostick, Flight Dynamics Officer of the Apollo 13 mission, said to the 1995 movie's script writers, "We just laid out all the options, and failure was not one of them.", which totally inspired the writers and gave them the line, "failure is not an option" - or FINO.

by ΔиłĦ☼иצ ß€₡ʞ July 05, 2010

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psyop

Intelligence agency term for "psychological operation". A government or corporate-sponsored operation, usually taking the form of a "terrorist attack" or "crazed gunman on a spree", with the intent of panicking the public into demanding more police and laws inhibiting freedom. Psyops are usually carried out by drugging a civilian or group of civilians with aggression-promoting drugs, psyching them up, arming them, and sending them out to commit mayhem. Government-sponsored terrorism. See also blackshirts, conspiracy

Person A: Man, that nutcase Martin Bryant guy shot 35 people in Tasmania!

Person B: No, he wasn't a nutcase, that was just a psyop so the government could have an excuse to ban guns.

by Mystikan April 11, 2006

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Fino

1. a person with a great personality: nice, good, awesome, perfect.

2. a person who likes girls, especially ones that have dark brown hair, dark brown eyes and a cute smile.

3. a person who lets you be who you are

4. a person who is hot, in other words, hot in the physical way.

5. a person who can turn you on

6. a person who doesn't let life ruin who he truly is

7. a person that you can love forever and never let go of

8. a person who can show you who you truly are

9. a person who can fix you life in a split second

10. a person who is truly there for you

Fino is like a hawaiian boy on an island who is great at being himself

by lexiehawaiiangrl14 July 21, 2006

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FINO

Friend In Name Only: A one-time close friend with whom you still presumably share mutual warm feelings, but seldom (if ever) actually see or communicate with anymore. (Rhymes with "wino")

Russ and I were best buds back in the early '00s, but the last time we spoke was Obama's election night. Guess these days he's basically just a FINO.

by CJBinPDX July 02, 2011

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F.I.N.O.

Abbreviation (Friend In Name Only) - FEE-no or FIN-oh: The social position of someone who receives no benefits of being called a friend, but is referred to as a friend by someone else.

Often a girl will want a guy to be a F.I.N.O.. this may be due to an advance rejected, or the guy not being at a proper social, or economic status.

The purpose of which is to allow a person to say they are friends with someone else, but never actually be a friend and interact with them.

guy: so are you saying we are going to some how be friends, yet not speak?

girl: i think its better, don't you?

guy: i don't see how we can be friends in that scenario.

girl we can be. there!

guy: i'm no F.I.N.O.

girl: what's that?

guy: a friend in name only.

by adinnieken June 27, 2009