S.O.P.A stands for Stop Online Piracy Act. It was a bill introduced in October of 2011 to prevent piracy, copyright infringement, and the trafficking of counterfeit goods online. S.O.P.A was very controversial, as many accused it of limiting free speech.
I don’t know why you would need to know about this, but you can find it in a high-ranked definition of America, so hey, context!
Someone: Hey, what’s this “ This text has been found in violation of H.R 3261, S.O.P.A and has been removed. ” on the definition of America mean?
Nerd: It’s a bill passed to prevent illegal activity online.
When somebody you know who is a notorious "name-dropper " crosses the line and starts to reference unpopular people as famous or people that have too many degrees of separation from "said"celebrity, hence siblings, in-laws or distant relations as famous or interesting in any way.
Pablo was pumped to have the sister of the founder of a "major silicon valley social media company" attend his happy hour, Roberto and I both felt this was a major "Name Drop Violation".
When in a social setting, an individual only talks about the work. They have such tunnel vision there unable to discuss any other subject matter that may be interesting to the other party as well. They are at a level of narcissism thinking that other people really want to hear them whine and complain about their work. These individuals tend never to ask questions about what you're doing. On the off chance, if you share some personal information about yourself, they can't remember those details because they are so consumed by their work life.
Sitting in the mainsquare on the fountain, I bumped into my buddy Wayne who I hadn't seen a while, instead of catching up, he committed a Work Talk Violation.
A friend of yours on Fitbit or Apple watch that you are in accountability with has a dramatically low step count on a particular week or ongoing basis. 10,000 steps a day should be a pretty good barometer for most healthy active human beings. If that number drops to 50% or less your "friend contract" requires an announcement of a low steps violation.
Our buddy Nappman moves about as much as a three-toed sloth, he's consistently getting a shout out for a low steps violation.
A conversation in a bar that is so loud that the people having the conversation can't hear each other well enough, so they simply start responding with the responses of "WHAT", "YEAH", and "OKAY."
As a result, the conversation begins to resemble a song by hip-hop / rap artist Lil Jon.
An example of a "Lil Jon-versation," as described taking place at a crowed, loud dance club:
A-"DO YOU WANT A BEER?!?"
B-"WHAT?!?"
A-"I SAID DO YOU WANT A BEER?!?"
B-"YEAH!"
A-"OKAY!"
...Person A Goes to Bartender...
A-"TWO BEERS, PLEASE!"
C-"WHAT?"
A-"I SAID, TWO BEERS, PLEASE!"
C-"OKAY! WHAT KIND?"
A-"WHAT?!?"
...
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the USCoast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.