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raising sand
raising sand by K8888888888888 November 17, 2007
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Raising awareness
"Raise Awareness" is a buzzword meaning "Doing something that I think solves the problem to look good, but in reality doesn't actually solve the problem"
You can "Raise Awareness" by liking pictures of poverty and people with diseases, commenting on them with generic "its so sad" phrases, or by posting on a companies facebook wall telling them that they need to change one of their products to 'raise awareness' about an issue. All of which don't solve the problem or raise money for it, such as going on a charity run or volunteering to help.
You can "Raise Awareness" by liking pictures of poverty and people with diseases, commenting on them with generic "its so sad" phrases, or by posting on a companies facebook wall telling them that they need to change one of their products to 'raise awareness' about an issue. All of which don't solve the problem or raise money for it, such as going on a charity run or volunteering to help.
"Have you heard about this guy Kony? We need to raise awareness so he can be stopped!"
"But how will raising awareness stop him? We should actually spend our time helping the less fortunate, instead of just promoting this war lord"
"Yeah, but liking pictures and posting on peoples walls is much much easier than anything that requires effort"
"But how will raising awareness stop him? We should actually spend our time helping the less fortunate, instead of just promoting this war lord"
"Yeah, but liking pictures and posting on peoples walls is much much easier than anything that requires effort"
Raising awareness by Drake-sic October 16, 2012
Raising Cane's
A badass chicken finger restaurant that is all over Louisiana, Missisippi, and Texas and now in Ohio!!
I have been waiting for Raising Cane's to open in Columbus for a yar now and I'm so excited that I'm going to eat there every day now!
Raising Cane's by thingsayer November 16, 2004
Raising Cane's
Christian 1: Dude, let's go get some chicken after church!
Christian 2: We can't. Remember, it's Sunday; Chick-Fil-A is closed.
Christian 1: No, it's all good! We can go to Raising Cane's.
Christian 2: Oh yeah! Praise Jesus!
Christian 2: We can't. Remember, it's Sunday; Chick-Fil-A is closed.
Christian 1: No, it's all good! We can go to Raising Cane's.
Christian 2: Oh yeah! Praise Jesus!
Raising Cane's by FegelFatso November 13, 2016
raising awareness
After Madonna started raising awareness about Malawi, people cared a lot more about Malawi and all of Malawi's problems went away.
raising awareness by radishes December 21, 2010
Raising Awareness
A term used by media-savvy organizations who are all about taking meaningless action that is guaranteed to get their face plastered all over the news, but doesn't do one damned thing to actually fix the problem.
Raising Awareness by TomFawls September 27, 2013
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British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”
Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
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