: influence put on individuals by a person or persons to emphasize the positive aspects of a given topic to the point of excessive enthusiasm, or suppress any potential criticism.
: a subset of peer pressure that encourages people to ignore the flaws in something, often at the expense of progress.
This is martial arts technique developed by Ryan JosephPatterson and the Patterson brothers . Where an individual being beat mercilessly falls to the ground and lays in the fetal position and pretends to be dead in hopes that the beating will subside.
Bro you beat the fuck out of that dude! Is he dead ?? Nah, it’s a PatterPossum he’s fucked up though.
Domestic electrician. One that sticks solely to domestic work and lives in the roofs of homes, fearful of other types of work in the trade such as commercial or industrial.
Johnno couldn't work on that 3 phasepump, he's just a roof possum!
Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.
Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.
After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.
Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.
Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.