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Oprah Normal 

Having surrendered all personal tastes and interests to the mediocre world of middle-American reality television, book clubs, and middle class consumerism. Implying someone is lacking any taste or sense of adventure beyond what is recommended on talkshows, women's magazines, and in shopping malls.
We visited the neighbors and their home was like walking into a furniture catalog. Man, they were so Oprah normal!
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Oprah Normal 

(adj.) Having surrendered all personal tastes and interests to the mediocre world of middle-American reality television, book clubs, and middle class consumerism. Implying someone is lacking any taste or sense of adventure beyond what is recommended on talkshows, women's magazines, and in shopping malls. This term implies: unsexy, dull, ignorant, cracker, middle class, and whitebread / white-bread.
We visited the neighbors and their home was like walking into a Pottery Barn. Man, they were so Oprah normal!
Oprah Normal by Timbotron May 28, 2006

oprah normal 

When someone presumes you are, or pretends to be, intensely normal. Living in a world where only monogamous and proper sex occurs, (no group, gay or illicit) where no-one ever does drugs or speaks out politically and everyone can afford expensive furniture.
John and Mary arrive home late from a group sex hot tub party to discover their daughter's boyfriend Rocko is over visiting. Rocko is stunned as his girlfriend's parents light up a joint and offer it to him. "Why so shocked Rocko?" says John inhaling, "we're not oprah normal you know. *koff!* *koff!*"
oprah normal by wenched March 22, 2006
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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
Word of the Day on August 14, 2026

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.
Quiche Peanemis by Mushroom2241 June 17, 2026
Word of the Day on August 13, 2026

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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