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Stands for Parent-Teacher Student Association. A Parent-Teacher Student Association is a voluntary organization bringing together parents and teachers of pupils in a particular school or school district, usually for fund-raising, building parental involvement at school and other activities relating to the welfare of the school, rather than the progress of individual pupils.
Vince: My mom's gonna sign up for the PTSA.

Derk: Why?

Vince: Because she wants to get to know my teachers better and get involved in my school.

Derk: That sucks.
PTSA by Fahed December 9, 2008
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Acronym for "Put that shit away." Commonly used when someone brings a topic or physical object into a conversation in which is not necessary to have and is bothering the person who is saying "PTSA."
Lola: Hey Andre, what's up?
Andre: Nothing much, just smoked some weed.
Lola: Ohh.. Uhmmm...
Andre: Look I have some left over if you want it! (gets illegal drugs out of pocket)
Lola: Ew man! PTSA, ferreal.
ptsa by Jellifyshh December 3, 2009
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Also called Packet Tracer Skill Assignment - But better known as "Post Traumatic Stress Accumalation", is a program to plan Networks with bad simulations used by teachers to torture Software-Dev-Students to do "THE RIGHT IT"...

We know, we cheat on them anyway

Copyright Cisco 2021
Teacher: "Today, we are doing the PTSA"
Students: *Menatly preparing for the torture*
PTSA by Winzu Darkpaw June 28, 2021
(Post Taylor Swift Album) When you get sad after Taylor Swift drops an album and you won't get another one for a while
Friend: "Do you want to go out?
Me: "No I have PTSA im just gonna listen to T Swizzle"
PTSA by TaylorSwiftsRealHusband October 30, 2023
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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
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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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