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attach balloons to 

(verb) to turn an legal- but still frowned upon by society- behavior into a trend or fad.

N.B: this definition refers to a recent (ca 2008-2011) event in The United States where a man physically attached helium balloons to his lawn chair, trying to build a flying machine. He somewhat succeeded; he took took flight but crashed into some electrical wires a few miles from his house.
a boy starts attaching helium balloons to a lawn chair in his backyard

his mother comes into the backyard and starts shrieking at him: Adam, what the beep are you doing?

Adam: can i finish what I'm doing without being bloody disturbed? I am trying to attach balloons to amateur flying machine building among modern idiotagers, what in previous generations was called teenagers.

mother: stop living underwater you stupid devil.
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attach balloons to 

(verb) to turn an legal, but still frowned upon by society behavior, into a trend or fad.
a boy comes home from school, goes into his backyard and starts attaching helium balloons to his lawn chair.

his mother comes into the backyard from the house and starts shrieking at him: Adam, what the beep are you doing?.

Adam: can I attach balloons to this lawn chair without being bloody disturbed? I am trying to build an amateur flying machine and turn amateur flying machine building among modern teenagers into a trend. I want modern teenagers to be like Inspector Gadget and maybe, lol, fly away from their computer illiterate.

mother: stop living underwater you stupid devil. now I want you to do your chemistry, and I mean wash the dishes, take out the trash, and the like, not your chemistry homework; you get the idea.

attach balloons to 

(verb) to turn an legal, but still frowned upon by society behavior, into a trend or fad.
a boy comes home from school, goes into his backyard and starts attaching helium balloons to his lawn chair.

his mother comes into the backyard from the house and starts shrieking at him: Adam, what the beep are you doing?.

Adam: can I attach balloons to this lawn chair without being bloody disturbed? I am trying to turn amateur flying machine building among modern teenagers into a trend. I want modern teenagers to be like Inspector Gadget and maybe, lol, fly away from their computer illiterate.

mother: stop living underwater you stupid devil. now I want you to do your chemistry, and I mean wash the dishes, take out the trash, and the like, not your chemistry homework; you get the idea.

attach balloons to 

(verb) to turn an legal, but still frowned upon by society, behavior into a trend or fad.
a boy starts attaching helium balloons to his lawn chair in his backyard

his mother comes into the backyard and starts shrieking at him: Adam, what the beep are you doing?

Adam: can i finish what I'm doing without being bloody disturbed? I am trying to attach balloons to amateur flying machine building among modern idiotagers, what in previous generations was called teenagers. If possible, I want modern teenagers to be like Inspector Gadget and maybe, lol, fly away from their computer illiterate.

mother: stop living underwater you stupid devil. now I want you to do your chemistry, and I mean not your chemistry homework (sigh). now get inside before I fly off the handle at you for not obeying my authority
attach balloons to by Uncle Dimma December 22, 2012

attach balloons to 

(verb) to turn an legal, but still frowned upon by society, behavior into a trend or fad.
a boy starts attaching helium balloons to his lawn chair in his backyard

his mother comes into the backyard and starts shrieking at him: Adam, what the beep are you doing?

Adam: can i finish what I'm doing without being bloody disturbed? I am trying to attach balloons to amateur flying machine building among modern idiotagers, what in previous generations was called teenagers. If possible, I want modern teenagers to be like Inspector Gadget and maybe, lol, fly away from their computer illiterate.

mother: stop living underwater you stupid devil.
attach balloons to by Uncle Dimma January 15, 2013
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