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An arc is the internal change the hero goes through in a story. It can be positive change of character — a happy ending - or a negative or no change — which gives us a tragedy.
The main character on "V For Vendetta" has an arc. She goes from being a normal everyday kind of a girl to a revolutionary.
by AutumnLeaves April 11, 2006
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A cryptocurrency of little to no value, usually a late-comer to the Bitcoin craze, a copycat cryptocurrency.
There are so many shitcoins these days, just stick to the classics.
This new b1tc01n crypto is just another shitcoin.
by Tatsuman February 18, 2018
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Used mainly in mcyt streams or videos.

It means a important moment or a poggers moment.
"My parents had their divorce arc"
by tommy's pogchamp December 20, 2020
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Advanced reader copy. A free, not-quite-final version of a book often distributed to reviewers or book convention attendees.
I loved getting to read an ARC of the next book of the series, but there were a bunch of typos in it.
by zenzen March 13, 2008
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A part of a story line. Used all the time by the web comics Jack and Idiots in the Park.
The new Idiots in the Park arc is hillarious!
by Salvatore D'Addio February 21, 2005
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The male act of slowly backing up while urinating into a toilet in order to aim slightly upward and achieve a half-circle appearance of urination into stated receptacle.
-"Hey, you spent a lot of time in there, what were you doing?"
-"I mastered the arc"
by MMAextremehumping January 07, 2011
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