noun. The act or process of religifying or being religified. First popular usage found in the article "The Religification of John Kerry: How the candidate found his soul" by Steven Waldman.
The imaginary culture war of the 2000s will result in a religification of Americans not unlike the forced atheism under communist Russia.
Bitch! You betta religify or they gonna lock yo ass up!
A category or way of describing media (film, books, plays, etc.) that is lighthearted and comedic in tone, yet has an underlying theme of religion or uses a religious backdrop. Religiomedies often tend to be sacrilicious, but are never meant to taken too seriously as a slight against God or as ridicule.
1. The movie "Dogma" was one of the best religiomedies I've ever seen.
2. Steve's play at Loyola Academy was a great religiomedy, not to mention very sacrilicious.
3. Catholicism is a favored target of many religiomedies.
Correction: (var: religiofication) Noun. The act or process of religifying or being religified. First usage by Eric Hoffer in "The True Believer: thoughts on the nature of mass movements" pub. 1951
"Renan felt that socialism was the coming religion of the Occident, and being a secular religion it would lead to the religiofication of politics and economics." --Eric Hoffer
"The Religification of John Kerry: How the candidate found his soul" --Steven Waldman.
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.