Phosphenes
A phosphene is an entoptic phenomenon characterized by the experience of seeing light without light actually entering the eye ...
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Strawberry Phosphates
Phosphates were carbonated beverages made-from-scratch by the "soda jerk" using carbonated soda water, flavored syrups and phosphoric acid -- in this case, they are flavored with strawberry syrup.
In slang, Strawberry Phosphates refer to strippers; the term is in reference to Thornton Wilder's play "Our Town", in which Mrs. Gibbs references her son George spending all of his money on strawberry phosphates, jokingly thought to be the character Emily's stripper name.
In slang, Strawberry Phosphates refer to strippers; the term is in reference to Thornton Wilder's play "Our Town", in which Mrs. Gibbs references her son George spending all of his money on strawberry phosphates, jokingly thought to be the character Emily's stripper name.
George: Aw, Ma,-- I got a lot of things to buy.
Mrs. Gibbs: Strawberry phosphates--that's what you spend it on.
"Our Town", Act I
Mrs. Gibbs: Strawberry phosphates--that's what you spend it on.
"Our Town", Act I
Strawberry Phosphates by STAGEWEST December 27, 2011
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Phosphorescence Pilled
Someone who thinks they have moved past being white pilled, but are still stuck being red pilled with a 25% chance of being black pilled in the next 3-6 months.
Phosphorescence Pilled by Pilled September 12, 2022
fogey
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)