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H.P. Lovecraft 

One of the most brilliant minds in literature of all time. H.P. Lovecraft's work can be categorized as horror, Gothic, fantasy, and mystery. With influences by the captivating and mysterious work of the artist, Sidney H. Sime and the ethereal dream-worlds of the author, Lord Dunsany, H.P. Lovecraft's work is the epitome of great Gothic literature. Some of his works include Dagon, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, The Cats of Ulthar, The Doom That Came to Sarnath, At the Mountains of Madness, The Thing on the Doorstep, and the infamous The Call of Cthulhu. Lovecraft's stories continue to spark the imaginations of authors today. There are countless modern Cthulhu Mythos and movies based on his stories. But nothing can come close to the original work of H.P. Lovecraft.
H.P. Lovecraft was a genius
H.P. Lovecraft by 62Orion86 October 10, 2005

lovecraftian 

Said of a creature, it means something that merely knowing it exists can wear away at ones sanity, and seeing it can be even worse. Such creatures are usually older than humanity, from another planet or dimension, or both. They are not, in the classical sense, evil, but view humans as humans view ants. Stereotypical Lovecraftian creatues are slimey with lots of tentacles.

Said of a story, it can mean several things:

1) A story where the protagonist stumbles upon Things Man Was Not Meant To Know, and ends up telling the story either from within an insane asylum, or from a journal he kept that is discovered after he mysteriously disappears.

2) Any story containing a Lovecraftian creature.
The monster from "The Thing" is pretty Lovecraftian.
lovecraftian by Khym Chanur January 10, 2005

H. P. Lovecraft

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) was the author of many short stories and the father of cosmicism. He wrote about a universe that is utterly meaningless and the cosmic horrors that live therein. He is considered the greatest writer of horror to live in the age after Poe and before Stephen King.
Tentacles? Forbidden knowledge? Esoteric cults? You must be reading an H. P. Lovecraft story.
H. P. Lovecraft by Connor Doyle September 29, 2008

H.P. Lovecraft’s cat 

H.P Lovecrafts Cats name was nigger
What’s the name of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cat?

Yea it’s nigger
H.P. Lovecraft’s cat by slam bam 05 December 24, 2020

Lovecrafter 

A person/individual who is into the Lovecraftian Fandom or the Cthulhu Mythos.
Much like Whovians, Sherlockians, Lovecrafters enjoy the same thing as other Lovecrafters.
Most commonly (and possibly Stereotypically) their favorite stories are either or both of Dunwich Horror or Call of Cthulhu.
Lovecrafter 1: I really love Call of Cthulhu and Dunwich Horror!
Lovecrafter 2: Oh, how original. No, Kadath and Shunned House was better.
Lovecrafter 3: You all suck, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward was the best one of them all.
Person 1: (whispering) What are they talking about?
Person 2: (whispering) They're Lovecrafters... Fanboys and Fangirls of Lovecraft.
Sherlockian: Amateurs....
Lovecrafter by MrDavidAmnesia December 4, 2013
A romance vessel that unwittingly ventures into the cyclopean horrors of unknowable planes; where Azathoth gnaws hungrily in the dark to the piping of strange flutes at the center of chaos, where Cthulhu waits dreaming at dead R'lyeh, where Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos, tears at the eyes of those who gaze upon his form. FEAR HIM WHO CALLS ITS NAME, FOR THIS DAY, THE LOVECRAFT CARRIES YOU!!!
.Ohhh, darling how about this one? The Lovecraft?
.Why yes, dear, that DOES sound romantic!

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
lovecraft by Devin Brown December 2, 2007
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Plate of Brown 

A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
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Blue Movie 

A pornographic film.

The use of the word "blue" to refer to sexually explicit content was first recorded in Scotland in 1824. "Blue" meant "lewd" because prostitutes dressed in blue gowns.
I found your stash of blue movies under your bed.
Blue Movie by Shayde79 January 20, 2011
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fache-couture 

French slang, which translated, means "bull's fashion" but basically equates to "hyper trendy" or overly trendy. Used when a person wishes to express distaste at the latest fashion trend/fad, because it seems that everyone has a certain item of clothing or is wearing it. This term is most frequently heard in Paris but is slowly spreading to other parts of France.
1. That Burberry scarf is so fache-couture.
2. That purple American Apparel hoodie is so fache-couture.
fache-couture by bkgmh46x0x March 18, 2008
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