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The equivalent of the glass ceiling, but on the other end of the spectrum. The phenomenon wherein women are absent from the lowest, most difficult or most dangerous jobs. Despite claiming the desire for equality women do not fight to break through the glass basement.
The refusal to crack the glass basement demonstrated the hypocrisy of fighting to break the glass ceiling.
by Commander_Keen April 13, 2014
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An exclamation made when your friends or family are teasing you to a point where you can't handle it anymore and a hissy fit is in order.
Derived from a YouTube user's famed outburst following Britney's lackluster performance at the 2007 VMA's.
Derived from a YouTube user's famed outburst following Britney's lackluster performance at the 2007 VMA's.
Sarah: 'OMG Susan, I can't believe you are wearing the same skirt as yesterday. Oh, and by the way, EVERYONE knows what you did with Kevin on the weekend. Plus you look a little fat, are you retaining water?'
Susan: 'LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!'
Susan: 'LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!'
by Billy Chickenhole September 15, 2007
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The phrase is used to describe the glass basement in IQ for men. At the opposite side of the IQ scale from The Glass Ceiling lays a «Glass Basement» which is the idea that while Males have the highest/ more distrubuted IQ levels, they also have the lowest.
by Feminazi-Slayer-420 April 22, 2019