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The Illinois High School Association is a not-for-profit organization of over 760 public and private high schools. The IHSA is governed by a nine-member Board of Directors, who are principals of member schools and a non-voting Treasurer.

Through its administrative staff of one executive director and six assistant executive directors, the IHSA regulates interscholastic competition in 13 sports for boys and 13 sports for girls, as well as 7 non-athletic activities. The IHSA also stages state final events in all of these sports and activities except music.

The IHSA is a charter member of the National Federation of State High School Associations, a group of 51 state associations. The IHSA Offices are located in Bloomington, Illinois.
The IHSA state finals for basketball are on Friday.
IHSA by Todd Marver May 17, 2005
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The Intercollegiate Horse Show Association. This is the main national college riding association. Colleges have teams that travel together to shows, where the riders compete for both individual and team honors.

The levels (which a rider is placed into by the Association based on experience) are Walk-Trot, Walk-Trot-Canter, Novice Flat & Fences, Intermediate Flat & Fences, and Open Flat & Fences. Riders in all classes ride horses whose names they have drawn from a hat, and who they have not ridden before.

Riders ribboning in first through sixth place are awarded points; 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1, respectively. Once a rider earns 35 points in a class, cumulative over their collegiate career, they qualify for Regional competition as an individual. Open riders' points do not carry over from year to year, as there is a special class at IHSA Nationals for high-point Open riders from each region. 30 points are required to qualify for Regional competition as an Open rider.

The top three riders in each class at Regionals advance to the Zones competition. From Zones, the top two riders move on to compete in the Nationals competition.

In order to advance a full team to Zones, a team must win high-point team in their Region. Top teams from the Zones competition advance to Nationals.
"The Hollins IHSA team really sucked today, they drew some really bad horses."
IHSA by IHSA Alumni February 26, 2009
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a word for someone who acts like an unfunny moron, probably with no friends
"ashton is being such an ihsa right now"
Ihsa by steven suckington January 29, 2023
Ihsahn (Vegard Sverre Tveitan) is a Norwegian guitarist, bassist, keyboard player, vocalist and lyricist. He is best known as the frontman of black-metal band 'Emperor.'
He was involved in several other projects including Thou Shalt Suffer and Peccatum, and now devotes himself to his solo project - 'Ihsahn.'
Ihsahn's latest album 'The Adversary' is fucking brilliant.
Ihsahn by Anaita May 13, 2006
There's a deep meaning of "Ihsaan". He is a person devoted to God. He is humble, honest, transparent, compassionate and very friendly. Always trying to help others, he forgets about himself and is ready to take risks. He is always kind towards others. In other words he is one of a kind and unique. Despite having such an amazing personality he never boasts about it. He is man of principles. Having a creative mind and a great sense of humor he is able to influence others and he is a great councilor too. Not trying to be famous, he is down to earth and close to his friends. He is a motivator, successfully motivating others. He has great vision and knows exactly where to go. He's dependent on God in every aspect of life. Being an influential personality, he writes amazingly and his writings have a deep meaning. In Arabic context Ihsaan (Arabic: إحسان ʾiḥsān, also Romanized Ehsan), means "perfection" or "excellence" (Ara. husn).
Prophet Muhammad states, "Ihsaan is to worship God as though you see Him, and if you cannot see Him, then indeed He sees you". (Al-Bukhari and Al-Muslim).
Ihsaan by canbereal July 31, 2018
the one person that would stand a chance up against mike tyson he is originally "The best ever the most brutal and most ficious champion thats ever been
ihsan by wasssssup69 December 21, 2013
The most beautiful woman you’ll ever get to meet. She might be all shy and blushy and quiet when you see her but when you actually get to know her she’s fun, funny, loud (not in a negative way) , creative, adventurous, etc. She’s probably always laughing. That you might even find her in the hallways (if at school) or a resteraunt or a street (if public) just laughing in her own special way. When she smiles she brightens the room and touches people’s hearts. She’s always open towards new people and she’s so easy to talk to . She might seem tough but deep inside she’s super sensitive. She’s protective over people she cares about and will do anything to make sure they’re happy even if takes her being upset. She probably went through more than any of us but she always has a smile on her face. Ihsan isn’t a friend to loose.
Dude she’s always smiling how perfect can she be?
Ihsan is always perfect
Ihsan by Supp dudee January 3, 2018
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The striver is an interesting phenomenon that is seen across college campuses. In essence, the striver is an over-achiever who comes from a working or middle class family. He may be an immigrant. He may have been a slacker in HS who was "born again" into an academic wunderkind. Or he may just be an over-achiever who is keeping at it.

The striver is willing to sacrifice his social life at the expense of Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. The striver is the guy who stays at the library long after you are gone. The striver is the guy who takes 30 credits/semester and considers anything below an A/4.0 failure. The striver doesn't work on campus, he is too busy finding ways to pad his resume instead of working retail or workstudy. The striver lets his grades pay his education by applying to ten scholarships a year.

The striver is a future Soros/Fullbright/Rhodes/Gates/Marshall/etc. fellow. The striver lives to study. For the striver, their fun comes from the rewards they expect to receive in return for their diligence. Be it Law School, B-School, academia, or politics. The striver seeks to find the American Dream through academic success.
Anthony was a striver. He transfered from a TTT to an IVY and graduated in 2 years. He studied his ass off and went to Penn Law. He got a Biglaw offer. But lost it all because of an unmoderated mesasgeboard.

Successful strivers:
- Barack Obama
- Harold Koh
Striver by URM Striver January 3, 2009
Word of the Day on August 15, 2026

SkyPesos 

Delta SkyMiles, also known as SkyPesos, is the frequent flyer program of Delta Airlines. It has a very poor value and hard to use.
- I'm trying to book an award flight to Paris, but I only have 70,000 SkyPesos
- Just forget about it, you don't have enough SkyPesos to fly anywhere.
SkyPesos by 404_name_not_found December 6, 2018
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Quiche Peanemis

Quirky niche peak cinema analysis
It describes the analysis of a media piece which is quirky and niche, yet peak.
Give me the quiche peanemis on the movie I missed.
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Hate Draft

1. Select a player (real or fantasy) during a sports draft to spite or anger one or more of your opponents because they had intended to select him/her.

2. Select a player (real or fantasy) during a sport draft to put one or more of your opponents at a strategic disadvantage.
1. Billy hate drafted Chad OchoCinco because he knew Sam had wanted him since he is from Cincinnati. Billy already had plenty of players to fill that position but wanted to make sure Sam didn't get him.

2. Billy hate drafted Peyton Manning because he was the only good quarterback left and he knew Sam had been planning on drafting him.
Hate Draft by pffler September 1, 2009
Word of the Day on August 12, 2026
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