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The age old philosophy which dictates the principles of being hectic. A fine art that requires decades of frequent acts of being hectic.
True hectism can only be attained by a select few.
Hectism also entails a blatant disregard for social acceptability.
Person 1: Man, lately I've been feeling as though something is lacking in my life.
Person 2: Have you tried undertaking studies in the ways of Hectism?
Person 1: I have not.
Person stroking their pet raccoon and drinking whiskey from the skull of a grizzly: I have.
Person 2 : Hectic.
Hectism by Hecklers June 20, 2011
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Some BS term you make up and sling out there to scare the ignorant into thinking there's big trouble coming if they don't comply.
...but it didn't take me long to figure out that was just a Heatism. Sort of like the Zoo Lockup... -Jameson Rook
Heatism by Stanaholic June 22, 2011
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