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Main Entry: fa·meous

Pronunciation: famous
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin famosus, from fama fame
Date: 21st century
1 a : well known b : one who is honored for achivements c: one who follows their dreams d: one who never gives up and strives to reach the top d: popular
FAMEOUS
FAMEOUS by FAMEOUS April 25, 2010
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a famous austrian painter 

uh... we'll save this one for later.
tes tickles: hey, i heard some guy talking about a famous austrian painter. do you know who he is?
mike hawk: hitler.

tes tickles: dang. we should build a statue for whoever killed him!
mike hawk: dude.

Horse Famous 

When you get popularity (among bronies and sometimes non-bronies) thanks to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
A: "wow, you became famous only by writing mlp's songs?"
B: "yep, I'm horse famous"
Horse Famous by Dan Sparkle November 4, 2014

Famousde 

An alias for one particular internet stalker that steals women's photos from social networking sites and then tries to sell them online for profit.
just found another internet gallery that psycho famousde has of me.
Famousde by temptingnirvana December 8, 2010

famous last words 

Statement made just before an untimely passing.
Things said by a person about to unwittingly cause his own death.
Such as:
I promise I won't get hurt.
Hey you guys watch this!
That (insert dangerous animal here) won't attack me.
I checked it's not loaded.
It's deep enough watch me.
I've done this a hundred times.
I know what I'm doing.
I am not going too fast!
I drive drunk all the time nothing's going to happen.
I can handle it.
Famous last words of a fool: This will be easy, no one's going to get hurt.
famous last words by jsd9632 April 20, 2012

famous dex 

A rapper from Chicago with red dreads sighed by rich the kid to Rich forever music.
Aye you hear that new famous dex track?
famous dex by Ancientflu March 19, 2017

make you famous 

To kill you, where your fame comes from being on the front page of a newspaper or lead story on TV news as the victim of an especially brutal or high profile murder.
I'm about to make you famous, person-who-has-disrespected-me!
make you famous by voke November 30, 2009
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Respectfully 

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murderhobo 

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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.
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