A series of interconnecting or adjacent cities with a total population of 10 million or greater. Due to urban and transportation development between the individual cities, the boundries of the areas tend to become blurred, making it seem like one massively overdeveloped region. Many of these areas, as well as being centers of business and industry, are also a cultural meccae and have a major affect on the cultures and lifestyles of their residents as well as their countries and the rest of the world and vice versa.
The American East Coast Megalopolis, which includes: Boston; New York City; Philidelphia; Baltimore; Washington D.C.
1. Something hopelessly beyond salvation. All your base are belong to someone else, and they have the deeds to all your base in a very firm grip. fubar.
2. Something terribly dissapointing. Worse than Rocky V. Worse than any Dolph Lundgren movie.
3. Any hypothetical or imaginary scapegoat for a problem. A not yet realized obstacle. In a situation where the negative effects of an unknown cause are being experienced, the unknown cause.
4. A terrible anime of the same name. The inspiration for all of these definitions. Worth watching.
1. No wonder your previous landlord billed you a G on top of the deposit he kept. I saw that place when you guys moved out, you vacated a Doomed Megalopolis, not an apartment.
2. In spite of the great things I heard about the first deathscene in "Suspiria", that films' status as a Doomed Megalopolis is concrete in my book.
3. If someone hadn't told me about the strike, I would have guessed from the look of things that a fatal error had ocurred in our landfill's Doomed Megalopolis.
4. Even though its horrible, in its own way, the movie Doomed Megalopolis has something to teach us all.
future dude1: "I'm sick of this megapopolus."
future dude2: "I'm sorry, but the only alternative is to live in the wastegroundz, and you don't want that."
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
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.
British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”
Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing peecalculus.