the break given in the middle of the day to elementary school children. usually a time when children play on a playscape or just generally run around and have fun.
by freakbutt July 1, 2006
A term for white people which refers to white people scientifically being "genetically recessive". This is why the "one drop rule" was created.
by IBTAL September 26, 2019
recession
by vreno January 21, 2010
The ultimate Disney animation show on. It has had beatiful character's such as Ms.Finster and Randall you both fornicated with Rhandelle.
"Haha I watched recess today, doesn't randall look like the sign interpreter?"
"Yeah let's name it Rhandelle."
"Yeah let's name it Rhandelle."
by Niloc February 21, 2005
Ronald Reagan: Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.
by LexAveNYC May 2, 2009
Recession is the decline in a country's gross domestic product (GDP), or negative real economic growth, for two or more successive quarters of a year. The term recession, however, has been utilized in recent decades by politicians to distort the economic outlook and reframe in more positive terms rather than have to address the looming economic depression.
Ralph: Dude, the feds just lowered interest rates and backed a takeover of a large investment bank after acknowledging that we might be in a recession.
Ted: This recession's been going on since Bush took over. How long until we call it an economic depression?
Ted: This recession's been going on since Bush took over. How long until we call it an economic depression?
by Kate Sjostrand March 21, 2008
by Amper&sand February 7, 2009
