One of the most popular, left leaning political blog sites with over 125k visitors per day. The site is maintained by Atrios aka. Duncan Black, an ex-economist turned media consultant.
That time when Terence McKenna was tripping on shrooms and his brotherDennis made a humming noise in his throat that they believed was going to alter the fabric of spacetime and elevate all of humanity to a higher plane of existence.
It's inevitable now, bro. You matched the frequency and started a chain reaction that's going to immanentize the eschaton.
1. fear of the end of all things
2. fear of Eschaton ('last thing')
3. fear of the 'last days'
4. fear of the 'end times'
5. fear of the 'end of the world'
Doctor: "You have any phobias?"
Client: "Um, eschatonphobia - fear of the end of all things"
Instigate, provoke and harrass antagonists into cataclysmic end.
Supplement with monumentally cruel and stupid self-inflicted economic wounds on US citizens (see also sub-prime, meltdown, TARP, bailouts, layoffs, bankruptcies, foreclosures, suicides, depression, Halliburton, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Israel, Iran).
Bush Eschatology is the endgame for a certain group that wishes for the end of life as we know it.
It is kicked off by a reaction to a devil in a blue dress.
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.
Modified derivative of granola.
"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppymetrosexual assholes."
"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"
In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.
The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.
Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.
A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.
"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."